[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.7:set (default-cli): Goal requires a project to execute but there is no POM in this directory

[zhangyafeng1]

hello, when i run ./build.sh , it gives me this problem,could you tell me how to solve this problem?
hope your answer

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin:2.7:set (default-cli): Goal requires a project to execute but there is no POM in this directory (/ifs/TJPROJ3/HWEU/USER/heyi/varsim_new). Please verify you invoked Maven from the correct directory. -> [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]
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[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MissingProjectException

[yunfeiguo]

Hi @zhangyafeng1 were you using master branch of varsim?

[zhangyafeng1]

sorry I am a greenhand of bioinformatics . what is maste branch? I can not fand it in mt path.
this is the list of my path

varsim_somatic.py
liftover_restricted_vcf_map.py
init.py
generate_small_test_ref.py
varsim_validator.py
varsim.py
varsim_multi.py
utils.py
compare_vcf.py
quickstart.sh
VarSim.jar
RTG.jar
varsim-0.8.4.tar.gz
build.sh
opt

[zhangyafeng1]

I download that software on this website.The name of that software is varsim-master. when I run build.sh again, I got another error .
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project varsim: Could not resolve dependencies for project com.bina.varsim:varsim:jar:0.8.4: Could not transfer artifact org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:jar:1.3 from/to central (https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): Connect to repo.maven.apache.org:443 [repo.maven.apache.org/151.101.24.215] failed: Connection timed out (Connection timed out) -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
Could you give me some suggestion about how to use the varsim to simulate some somatic samples? Thanks very much

[yunfeiguo]

Hi @zhangyafeng1 could you try this http://bioinform.github.io/varsim/#download_varsim ?Thanks.

[zhangyafeng1]

I download the software from the website you give me,but it still does not work when I run the build.sh. It gives me those information:Failed to execute goal on project varsim: Could not resolve dependencies for project com.bina.varsim:varsim:jar:0.8.5: Could not transfer artifact org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:jar:1.3 from/to central (https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): repo.maven.apache.org: Name or service not known: Unknown host repo.maven.apache.org: Name or service not known -> [Help 1]