Eclipse : Maven search dependencies doesn't work

Eclipse artifact searching depends on repository's index file. It seems you did not download the index file.

Go to Window -> Prefrences -> Maven and check "Download repository index updates on start". Restart Eclipse and then look at the progress view. An index file should be downloading.

After downloading completely, artifact searching will be ready to use.

UPDATE You also need to rebuild your Maven repository index in 'maven repository view'.

In this view , open 'Global Repositories', right-click 'central', check 'Full Index Enable', and then, click 'Rebuild Index' in the same menu.

A 66M index file will be downloaded.

In your eclipse, go to Windows -> Preferences -> Maven Tick the option "Download repository index updates on startup". You may want to restart the eclipse.

Also go to Windows -> Show view -> Other -> Maven -> Maven repositories

On Maven repositories panel, Expand Global repositories then Right click on Central repositories and check "Full index enabled" option and then click on "Rebuild index".

You can get this result if you are inside a corporate proxy and the new project isn't pointing to the correct settings.xml file with the proxy credentials.

You can also get this if you are using Maven proxy (Nexus, for example) and the index into the proxy is messed up somehow. I don't know a way to describe how to fix this. Fool around with it or call the one who set up the Maven proxy.

You can also get this if the new workspace hasn't yet downloaded the index either from Maven central or from the proxy. (This is the best one as you just have to wait a while and it will work itself out.)