How to copy symlinks to target as normal folders

cp -Lr /usr/share/solr/ ~/solrTest

Check the man page for unix commands with man cp

   -L, --dereference
          always follow symbolic links in SOURCE

From man page:

‘-L’ ,‘--dereference’ - Follow symbolic links when copying from them. With this option, cp cannot create a symbolic link. For example, a symlink (to regular file) in the source tree will be copied to a regular file in the destination tree.

So this is the option you should try.

cp -r -L /usr/share/solr/ ~/solrTest

From the cp(1) man page:

  -L, --dereference
        always follow symbolic links in SOURCE