Fixing Permission Denied Error for Maven Repository in Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to create a /home/user/.m2/repository folder due to permission denied error.
  • During the configuration of artifact repositories in a restricted environment, there is a permission denied for mvn verify.
springboot-demo $ mvn verify
[ERROR] Could not create local repository at /home/user/.m2/repository -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/LocalRepositoryNotAccessibleException

springboot-demo $ mkdir /home/user/.m2/repository
mkdir: cannot create directory '/home/user/.m2/repository': Permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
    • v3.8

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