Cannot get any archetypes from Maven when using the remote catalog URL
<p>I'm trying to create a new Maven project but I can't. I tried the command line and also through Eclipse. </p>

<p>The error I get when trying to use the command line is along the lines of </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>[ERROR] No plugin found for prefix 'archetype' in the current project and in the
   plugin groups [org.apache.maven.plugins, org.codehaus.mojo] available from the
  repositories [local (C:\Users\MY_NAME.m2\repository), central (<a href="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2)]" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2)]</a> -> [Help 1]</p>
  
  <p>[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.</p>
  
  <p>[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.</p>
  
  <p>[ERROR]</p>
  
  <p>[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:</p>
  
  <p>[ERROR] [Help 1] <a href="http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/NoPluginFoundForPrefixException" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/NoPluginFoundForPrefixException</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>After searching around for the solution to the error, the problem seems to occur because I'm behind a firewall/proxy here at work. </p>

<p>I was then advised to go into Eclipse and try adding the remote catalog URL to Eclipse. What I done was I went to Windows > Preferences > Maven > Archetypes > Add Remote Catalog. I then put it <code>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/archetype-catalog.xml</code> for the "Catalog File" field and <code>maven catalog</code> for the "Description" field.</p>

<p>I then click Verify to see if it was working and I got a warning saying that the "Remote catalog is empty". </p>

<p>I went ahead and tried to create a new Maven project anyway. After filling out my <code>groupId</code> and all that, I click finish. Another error comes up saying </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Could not resolve archetype</p>
  
  <p>org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-webapp:1.0 form any of the configured repositories.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>How do I get around this?</p>