Now refresh your project in Eclipse (right click on the project and select "Refresh") Creating ${basedir}/.project ... ${pom.artifactId} ${pom.description} ${lib.dependency.artifactId} org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature Creating ${basedir}/.classpath ... Cutting off basedir from sourceDirectory Contains JUnit Tests! Cutting off basedir from testSourceDirectory ${pom.getPluginContext('maven-test-plugin').getVariable('plugin').getDependency('junit').getVersion()} ${maven.eclipse.junit} Contains Cactus Tests! Cutting off basedir from Cactus source directory ${pom.getPluginContext('maven-cactus-plugin').getVariable('plugin').getDependency('cactus').getVersion()} Cutting off basedir from testOutputDir Cutting off basedir from outputDir Creating ${toolFile} Adapting the generated file for a ${os} box. $${project} true ${tool.loc} -e -p $${resource_loc} ${goal} false org.eclipse.ui.externaltools.type.program $${container_loc} Maven ${goal} Please set maven.eclipse.workspace to the location of your eclipse workspace. Alternatively, copy ${maven.build.dir}/eclipse/externaltools.xml to [maven.eclipse.workspace]/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.ui.externaltools/externaltools.xml Creating external tools Adapting the generated file for a ${os} box. Generating ${fileName} Please set maven.eclipse.workspace to the location of your eclipse workspace. Alternatively, copy ${maven.build.dir}/eclipse/*.launch to [maven.eclipse.workspace]/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.debug.core/.launches/ The property $${maven.eclipse.workspace} was not set. MAVEN_REPO may not be set.