diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index 1986727fef..56353fce85 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import sbt._
 import sbt.CompileOrder._
 import spde._
-
+ 
 import java.util.jar.Attributes
 import java.util.jar.Attributes.Name._
 import java.io.File
@@ -135,6 +135,24 @@ class AkkaParent(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
         <distribution>repo</distribution>
       </license>
     </licenses>
+    
+    // publish to local mvn
+    import Process._
+    lazy val publishLocalMvn = runMvnInstall 
+    def runMvnInstall = task {
+        for(absPath <- akkaArtifacts.getPaths) {
+          val artifactRE = """(.*)/dist/(.*)_(.*).jar""".r
+          val artifactRE(path, artifactId, artifactVersion) = absPath  
+          val command = "mvn install:install-file" + 
+                        " -Dfile=" + absPath +
+                        " -DgroupId=se.scalablesolutions.akka" + 
+                        " -DartifactId=" + artifactId + 
+                        " -Dversion=" + version +
+                        " -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true"
+          command ! log  
+        }
+        None
+    } dependsOn(dist) describedAs("Run mvn install for artifacts in dist.")
 
   // ------------------------------------------------------------
   // subprojects
@@ -254,9 +272,8 @@ class AkkaParent(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
     //val atomikos_transactions_util = "com.atomikos" % "transactions-util" % "3.2.3" % "compile"
     val jta_spec = "org.apache.geronimo.specs" % "geronimo-jta_1.1_spec" % "1.1.1" % "compile"
   }
-  
-  // ================= TESTS ==================
 
+  // examples
   class AkkaFunTestProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
     val jackson_core_asl = "org.codehaus.jackson" % "jackson-core-asl" % "1.2.1" % "compile"
     val stax_api = "javax.xml.stream" % "stax-api" % "1.0-2" % "compile"
@@ -270,15 +287,7 @@ class AkkaParent(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
     val jmock = "org.jmock" % "jmock" % "2.4.0" % "test"
   }
 
-  // ================= EXAMPLES ==================
-
-  class AkkaSampleAntsProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultSpdeProject(info) {
-    val scalaToolsSnapshots = ScalaToolsSnapshots
-    override def spdeSourcePath = mainSourcePath / "spde"
-  }
-
   class AkkaSampleChatProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends AkkaDefaultProject(info, deployPath)
-
   class AkkaSamplePubSubProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends AkkaDefaultProject(info, deployPath)
 
   class AkkaSampleLiftProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends AkkaDefaultProject(info, deployPath) {
@@ -314,8 +323,6 @@ class AkkaParent(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
   }
 
   class AkkaSamplesParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends ParentProject(info) {
-    lazy val akka_sample_ants = project("akka-sample-ants", "akka-sample-ants",
-      new AkkaSampleAntsProject(_), akka_core)
     lazy val akka_sample_chat = project("akka-sample-chat", "akka-sample-chat",
       new AkkaSampleChatProject(_), akka_kernel)
     lazy val akka_sample_pubsub = project("akka-sample-pubsub", "akka-sample-pubsub",
@@ -359,6 +366,12 @@ class AkkaParent(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
       !jar.toString.endsWith("scala-library-2.7.7.jar")
     )
   }
+  
+  def akkaArtifacts = {
+    descendents(info.projectPath / "dist", "*" + buildScalaVersion  + "-" + version + ".jar") 
+  }
+  // ------------------------------------------------------------
+
 
   class AkkaDefaultProject(info: ProjectInfo, val deployPath: Path) extends DefaultProject(info) with DeployProject
 
@@ -367,17 +380,14 @@ class AkkaParent(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
     def deployPath: Path
 
     lazy val dist = distAction
-  
     def distAction = deployTask(jarPath, packageDocsJar, packageSrcJar, deployPath, true, true, true) dependsOn(
       `package`, packageDocs, packageSrc) describedAs("Deploying")
-  
     def deployTask(jar: Path, docs: Path, src: Path, toDir: Path, 
                    genJar: Boolean, genDocs: Boolean, genSource: Boolean) = task {
       gen(jar, toDir, genJar, "Deploying bits") orElse
       gen(docs, toDir, genDocs, "Deploying docs") orElse
       gen(src, toDir, genSource, "Deploying sources")
     }
-  
     private def gen(jar: Path, toDir: Path, flag: Boolean, msg: String): Option[String] =
       if (flag) {
         log.info(msg + " " + jar)