%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ <application> <acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application>-&ORBit-version; Introduction to <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application> 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; <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application> dependencies Required Optional Installation of <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application> Install ORBit by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome && make && make install Contents The ORBit package contains libIDL, libIIOP, libORBit, libORBitCosNaming and libORBitutil libraries. Description libIDL libIDL library is the Interface Definition Language mappings for CORBA. libIIOP libIIOP library is for low level CORBA communications. libORBit libORBit library is the CORBA API. libORBitutil libORBitutil library contains the convenience routines for ORBit.