Maven Central MIRRORs (setup and links)

official Maven 2 repository is at:
   http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2
     (hosted in the US) OR
   http://uk.maven.org/maven2
      (hosted in the UK)

MIRRORS:
	http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2
BEST MIRROR:
	http://repo1.maven.org/maven2

SETTING UP MIRROR:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30522679/plugin-org-apache-maven-pluginsmaven-clean-plugin2-5-or-one-of-its-dependencie
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https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.6.1/maven-settings/settings.html

1) Firstly delete your /home/user/.m2 folder (%userprofile%/.m2 on Win - same level as repository folder)
2) create .m2 folder at user home and repository folder within .m2
3) copy the default settings.xml to .m2 folder
4) Change mirrors as follows in the settings.xml as shown in below snap mirror_settings
5) mvn clean

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
 <mirrors>
  <mirror>
    <id>MavenCentral1</id>
    <name>Maven Central 1</name>
    <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
    <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
  </mirror>
 </mirrors>
</settings>