%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ ORBit-&ORBit-version; ORBit Introduction to ORBit The ORBit 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: &ORBit-md5sum; Download size: &ORBit-size; Estimated disk space required: &ORBit-buildsize; Estimated build time: &ORBit-time; ORBit Dependencies Required Optional User Notes: Installation of ORBit Install ORBit by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4 && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install && install -v -m755 -d /opt/gnome-1.4/share/doc/ORBit-&ORBit-version; && cp -v -R docs/* /opt/gnome-1.4/share/doc/ORBit-&ORBit-version; Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories ior-decode, libIDL-config, name-client, old-name-server, orbit-config, orbit-idl, orbit-ird, orbit-event-server, and orbit-name-server libIDL.{so,a}, libIIOP.{so,a}, libname-server.a, liborbit-c-backend.a, libORBit.{so,a}, libORBitCosNaming.{so,a}, and libORBitutil.{so,a} /opt/gnome-1.4, /opt/gnome-1.4/include/libIDL-1.0, /opt/gnome-1.4/include/orbit-1.0, /opt/gnome-1.4/share/doc/ORBit-&ORBit-version; and /opt/gnome-1.4/share/idl Short Descriptions libIDL.{so,a} library is the Interface Definition Language mappings for CORBA. libIDL.{so,a} libIIOP.{so,a} is for low level CORBA communications. libIIOP.{so,a} libORBit.{so,a} is the CORBA API. libORBit.{so,a} libORBitutil.{so,a} contains the convenience routines for ORBit. libORBitutil.{so,a}