Before installing those samples please make sure that Maven and git have been installed and configured properly on your local system. You can do: Option A) All in Eclipse Make sure that Eclipse Maven Integration (m2e) is installed. http://www.eclipse.org/m2e/ (You should have m2 icon in Help -> About dialog) Import -> Maven \ Check out Maven project from SCM Select git (For the first time click 'Add more SCM connectors from m2e marketspace' link ) Enter Git repository URL into next field: git@github.com:michaelisvy/mvc-layout-samples.git Option B) Using Git console git clone git@github.com:michaelisvy/mvc-layout-samples.git cd mvc-layout-samples mvn eclipse:eclipse NO_M2ECLIPSE_SUPPORT: Project files created with the maven-eclipse-plugin are not supported in M2Eclipse. Your project is now ready to be imported into Eclipse. File -> Import -> Existing project into Eclipse