%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ ORBit2-&ORBit2-version; ORBit2 Introduction to ORBit2 The ORBit2 package contains a high-performance CORBA Object Request Broker. This allows programs to send requests and receive replies from other programs. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &ORBit2-md5sum; Download size: &ORBit2-size; Estimated disk space required: &ORBit2-buildsize; Estimated build time: &ORBit2-time; ORBit2 Dependencies Required and Optional and Installation of ORBit2 Install ORBit2 by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX: This is the Base installation for GNOME-2 from which all future installations will receive their prefix parameter. Be sure that GNOME_PREFIX is set for this install or globally to your install directory as described in the introduction of this Chapter. --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories ior-decode-2, linc-cleanup-sockets, orbit-idl-2, orbit2-config and typelib-dump libname-server-2.a, libORBit-2.[so,a], libORBit-imodule-2.[so,a], libORBitCosNaming-2.[so,a], and Everything_module.[so,a] $GNOME_PREFIX/include/orbit-2.0, $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/orbit-2.0, and $GNOME_PREFIX/share/idl/orbit-2.0 Short Descriptions libORBit-2.[so,a] is the CORBA API. libORBit-2.[so,a]