%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy: $ $Date: $ ORBit2-&ORBit2-version; Introduction to <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it2</application> 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 size: &ORBit2-size; Estimated Disk space required: &ORBit2-buildsize; Estimated build time: &ORBit2-time; <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it2</application> dependencies Required and Optional and Installation of <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it2</application> Install ORBit2 by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome && make && make install Command explanations --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX: This is the Base installation for GNOME 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 Section. --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. Contents The ORBit2 package contains libORBit-2, libORBitCosNaming-2 and libORBit-imodule-2 libraries. Description libORBit-2 libORBit-2 is the CORBA API.