'Can't import dependencies that have been downloaded to .m2

I'm importing dependencies via Maven:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
            <version>9.4-1203-jdbc4</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-java -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
            <version>3.141.59</version>
        </dependency>

I checked C://Users/user/.m2/repository and I can see those dependencies in .jar files in respective folders/packages. However when I try to import those in code:

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

I get Cannot resolve symbol error:

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I tried;

mvn clean
mvn install
mvn clean install

I get compile error on mvn install. I tried removing all source code fromt he project and then mvn install, it resulted in Build Success, however once the source code is added, I can't use the dependency classes.

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Solution 1:[1]

This answer helped me. Turned out the dependencies Maven downloaded were assigned a Run time scope (whose idea was to invent this useless error-prone scope??). I set the scope to compile (File - Project structure - Modules - Dependencies - Scope) and it works fine.

Solution 2:[2]

Something is wrong you should check your project from first:

  1. maven Repositories in your IDE Updated True?
  2. run "mvn Clean" in IDE Console
  3. Reimport All maven Project
  4. go to pom.xml and check your dependencies.

Good luck.

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