Using Maven through proxy: http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-proxies.html
Solve missing Velocity 1.5 error
wget http://apache.thaiweb.net/velocity/engine/1.6.3/velocity-1.6.3.tar.gz
tar -xzf velocity-1.6.3.tar.gz
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.apache.velocity -DartifactId=velocity -Dversion=1.6.3 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=./velocity-1.6.3/velocity-1.6.3.jar
Should now get BUILD SUCCESSFUL
plexus-interpolation-1.7.jar
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.codehaus.plexus -DartifactId=plexus-interpolation -Dversion=1.7 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=plexus-interpolation-1.7.jar