diff --git a/install_jars_maven.sh b/install_jars_maven.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+proj_dir=$(pwd)
+DTNConsoleConnection=$proj_dir/lib/DTNConsoleConnection.jar
+ECLA=$proj_dir/lib/ECLA.jar
+
+# install these two libraries to the local maven repo
+mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.5.2:install-file \
+  -Dfile=$DTNConsoleConnection \
+  -DgroupId=fi.tkk.netlab.dtn \
+  -DartifactId=DTNConsoleConnection \
+  -Dversion=1.0 \
+  -Dpackaging=jar \
+
+mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.5.2:install-file \
+  -Dfile=$ECLA \
+  -DgroupId=fi.tkk.netlab.dtn \
+  -DartifactId=ECLA \
+  -Dversion=1.0 \
+  -Dpackaging=jar \
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+<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>the-one</groupId>
+	<artifactId>the-one</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>the-one</name>
+	<build>
+		<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+		<testSourceDirectory>src/test/</testSourceDirectory>
+		<directory>target</directory>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src</directory>
+				<excludes>
+					<exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
+					<exclude>src/test/*.java</exclude>
+				</excludes>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.3</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.2.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>java</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<configuration>
+					<mainClass>core.DTNSim</mainClass>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.12</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>fi.tkk.netlab.dtn</groupId>
+			<artifactId>DTNConsoleConnection</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>fi.tkk.netlab.dtn</groupId>
+			<artifactId>ECLA</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
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