Question: I am trying to create a maven project in Eclipse(neon.1 version) on macOS Sierra, but whenever i create a project, no matter with what/which type of archetype or configuration i choose, i always get these errors, which are shown in screenshot: 

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3dnDB.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3dnDB.png)

And the error in `pom.xml` is :

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3sI91.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3sI91.png)

I have not been able to find any solution from anywhere till now, have been working on this issue from weeks.

Answer: 
Quite sure that you would have already tried, if not please remove the entire maven from your system ( generally `.m2` folder in windows) and create a new `workspace` in eclipse and do a fresh setup from scratch.

I do not remember the error I faced, but after struggling for many hours this worked for me.

**If you have installed maven manually also, as I mentioned, below will be the path :**

In simple, when you build a Maven project, all dependency files will be stored in your Maven local repository.   

By default, Maven local repository is default to `.m2` folder :

```
Unix/Mac OS X – ~/.m2
Windows – C:\Documents and Settings\{your-username}\.m2

```
Remove the integrated maven from eclipse and setup the installed maven from eclipse
Preferences/user settings