Unable to run Maven build if m2 folder is missing from USER_HOME

2010-07-20 10:04:33,983 WARN [BAM::Releases Agent::Agent:pool-4-thread-1] [ExecuteBuildTask] Failed to execute plugin with classclass com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.maven2.Maven2BuildProcessor : BRANCH29-CI-2
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: When not aligning with a user install you must specify a local repository location using the setLocalRepositoryDirectory( File ) method.
at org.apache.maven.embedder.MavenEmbedder.createMavenSettings(MavenEmbedder.java:723)
at org.apache.maven.embedder.MavenEmbedder.start(MavenEmbedder.java:632)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.maven2.Maven2ProjectParser.init(Maven2ProjectParser.java:48)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.maven2.Maven2ProjectParser.parse(Maven2ProjectParser.java:97)