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I was converting java project to maven.

I added these dependencies

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 <groupId>Tippreports</groupId>
 <artifactId>Tippreports</artifactId>
 <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 <packaging>war</packaging>
 <build>
 <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
 <plugins>
 <plugin>
 <dependencies>
 <dependency>
 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.8.0</version>
 <type>maven-plugin</type>
 </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <dependencies>
 <dependency>
 <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
 <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
 <version>3.141.5</version>
 </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <dependencies>
 <dependency>
 <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
 <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
 <version>6.14.3</version>
 <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <dependencies>
 <dependency>
 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
 <type>maven-plugin</type>
 </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 </plugin>
 </plugins>
 </build>
</project>

After adding dependencies, I can't able to run as Maven install or build

The Error is

Error resolving version for plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:null' 
from the repositories [local (C:Usersrck.m2repository),
central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2)]:
Plugin not found in any plugin repository

Should I create a folder in the above specified location or do I need to change the location?

Your pom.xml is not valid against the XSD. You should first use a IDE which would show you the problems.

The correct structure is <build><plugins><plugin>, like in the following example:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 <groupId>Tippreports</groupId>
 <artifactId>Tippreports</artifactId>
 <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 <packaging>war</packaging>
 <dependencies>
 <dependency>
 <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
 <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
 <version>3.141.5</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
 <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
 <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
 <version>6.14.3</version>
 <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 <build>
 <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
 <plugins>
 <plugin>
 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.8.0</version>
 </plugin>
 <plugin>
 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
 </plugin>
 </plugins>
 </build>
</project>

Your are also mixing plugins configuration with dependencies. The dependencies are going to a different place in the pom.xml.