Error using Maven with Eclipse Kepler

When I tried using Maven’s embedded version in Eclipse Kepler, it gave an error.

SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".

A little googling showed this as a genuine issue with embedded version of Maven in Eclipse. The workaround is to download external maven and link to eclipse.

For windows.

  1. Download Maven zip from http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
  2. Unzip the file to some location say “D:\Maven”
  3. In Eclipse go to Windows->Preferences->Maven->Installation; Click add and provide the path in step 2 (D:\Maven)

Related http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11916706/slf4j-failed-to-load-class-org-slf4j-impl-staticloggerbinder-error