jira plugin showing exception while "mvn install"

[David Lemon]

hello folks I am trying to mvn install my jira Listener plugin using mvn install. it shows me following exception:

repository element was not specified in the POM inside distributionManagement element or in -DaltDeploymentRepository=id::layout::url parameter

the pom is as follows:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>...</groupId>
    <artifactId>.....</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>

    <organization>
        <name>X</name>
        <url>http://www.X.com/</url>
    </organization>

    <name>x</name>
    <description>xx</description>
    <packaging>atlassian-plugin</packaging>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.atlassian.jira</groupId>
            <artifactId>jira-api</artifactId>
            <version>${jira.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Add dependency on jira-core if you want access to JIRA implementation classes as well as the sanctioned API. -->
        <!-- This is not normally recommended, but may be required eg when migrating a plugin originally developed against JIRA 4.x -->
        <!--
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.atlassian.jira</groupId>
            <artifactId>jira-core</artifactId>
            <version>${jira.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.10</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- WIRED TEST RUNNER DEPENDENCIES -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.atlassian.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>atlassian-plugins-osgi-testrunner</artifactId>
            <version>${plugin.testrunner.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
            <artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.1</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.2-atlassian-1</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.7</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Uncomment to use TestKit in your project. Details at https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/jira-testkit -->
		<!-- You can read more about TestKit at https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Plugin+Tutorial+-+Smarter+integration+testing+with+TestKit -->
		<!--
		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.atlassian.jira.tests</groupId>
			<artifactId>jira-testkit-client</artifactId>
			<version>${testkit.version}</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
		-->
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jira-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${amps.version}</version>
                <extensions>true</extensions>
                <configuration>
                    <productVersion>${jira.version}</productVersion>
                    <productDataVersion>${jira.version}</productDataVersion>
					<!-- Uncomment to install TestKit backdoor in JIRA. -->
					<!--
					<pluginArtifacts>
						<pluginArtifact>
							<groupId>com.atlassian.jira.tests</groupId>
							<artifactId>jira-testkit-plugin</artifactId>
							<version>${testkit.version}</version>
						</pluginArtifact>
					</pluginArtifacts>
					-->
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.6</source>
                    <target>1.6</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <properties>
        <jira.version>6.1-20130626</jira.version>
        <amps.version>4.2.4</amps.version>
        <plugin.testrunner.version>1.1.1</plugin.testrunner.version>
		<!-- TestKit version 5.x for JIRA 5.x, 6.x for JIRA 6.x -->
		<testkit.version>5.2.26</testkit.version>
    </properties>

</project>

[Timothy · Accepted solution]

Please read up on what mvn install is (http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-install-plugin/). There are sample configurations there. What you're missing is the "distributionManagement" (http://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Site_Distribution).

[harsh kumar]

referr Apache Maven documentation.