maven-install-plugin copies files to your local .m2 repo

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-install-plugin/usage.html

you can run this command from anywhere, no need for a pom.xml:


$ mvn install:install-file -Dfile=/c/pierre/downloads/apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.zip -DgroupId=pippo -DartifactId=pluto -Dpackaging=zip -Dversion=3.0
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------< org.apache.maven:standalone-pom >-------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] --------------------------------[ pom ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-install-plugin:2.4:install-file (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
[INFO] Installing C:\pierre\downloads\apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.zip to c:\pierre\.m2\repository\pippo\pluto\3.0\pluto-3.0.zip
[INFO] Installing C:\Users\pierl\AppData\Local\Temp\mvninstall5440042488979291271.pom to c:\pierre\.m2\repository\pippo\pluto\3.0\pluto-3.0.pom
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.689 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2019-06-22T16:08:57+02:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------




and the generated pom.xml is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>pippo</groupId>
  <artifactId>pluto</artifactId>
  <version>3.0</version>
  <packaging>zip</packaging>
  <description>POM was created from install:install-file</description>
</project>