mvn clean install errors with "Negative seek offset" - maven

Question

mvn clean install causes build error
here is the error what I am getting..
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time: 1.707s
[INFO] Finished at: Thu Jun 12 14:09:51 IST 2014
[INFO] Final Memory: 9M/104M
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency- plugin:2.1:unpack-dependencies (get-test-data) on project neo4j-spatial: Error unpacking file: /home/dev237/.m2/repository/org/neo4j/spatial/osm-test-data/20100819/osm-test-data-20100819.jar to: /home/dev237/Projects /spatial/target
[ERROR] org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.ArchiverException: Error while expanding /home/dev237/.m2/repository/org/neo4j/spatial/osm-test-data/20100819/osm-test-data-20100819.jar: Negative seek offset
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
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[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.
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[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/

Answer 1

Try renaming the repository folder "/home/dev237/.m2/repository" to make maven create a new repository and download all dependencies again.

Answer 2

I ran into a similar issue. This is what I did to resolve it:
cd into /home/dev237/.m2/repository/org/neo4j/spatial/osm-test-data/
rm -rf 20100819 (remove the problematic dependencies)
Re-run mvn clean install
At which point it built successfully.
This solution is arguably better than TekTimmy's as it avoids re-downloading all dependencies, regardless of if they're problematic or not. If they're all causing issues however, it may be easier to go with their solution.