source: gnome/otherlibs/orbit.xml@ b409cd8

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<!ENTITY ORBit-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ORBit/0.5/ORBit-&ORBit-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY ORBit-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ORBit/0.5/ORBit-&ORBit-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY ORBit-md5sum "35acc6f8d49d930b566104fcceb893d3">
<!ENTITY ORBit-size "1 MB">
<!ENTITY ORBit-buildsize "29.1 MB">
<!ENTITY ORBit-time "0.59 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="ORBit" xreflabel="ORBit-&ORBit-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="ORBit.html"?>
<title><application>
<acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application>-&ORBit-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ORBit">
<primary sortas="a-ORBit">ORBit</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to 
<application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application></title>

<para>The <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application> package contains 
a high-performance <acronym>CORBA</acronym> Object Request Broker. This allows 
programs to send requests and receive replies from other programs.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&ORBit-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&ORBit-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &ORBit-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &ORBit-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&ORBit-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&ORBit-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application> 
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="GLib"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application>
</title>

<para>Install <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application> by running 
the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>ior-decode, libIDL-config, name-client, old-name-server, orbit-config, 
orbit-idl, orbit-ird, orbit-event-server and orbit-name-server</seg>
<seg>libIDL.[so,a], libIIOP.[so,a], libname-server.a, liborbit-c-backend.a, 
libORBit.[so,a], libORBitCosNaming.[so,a] and libORBitutil.[so,a]</seg>
<seg>/opt/gnome/share/idl, /opt/gnome/include/libIDL-1.0 and
/opt/gnome/include/orbit-1.0</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="libIDL-ORBit">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libIDL.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>library is the Interface Definition Language mappings for 
CORBA.</para>
<indexterm zone="ORBit libIDL-ORBit">
<primary sortas="c-libIDL">libIDL.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libIIOP">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libIIOP.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>is for low level CORBA communications.</para>
<indexterm zone="ORBit libIIOP">
<primary sortas="c-libIIOP">libIIOP.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libORBit">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libORBit.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>is the CORBA <acronym>API</acronym>.</para>
<indexterm zone="ORBit libORBit">
<primary sortas="c-libORBit">libORBit.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libORBitutil">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libORBitutil.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>contains the convenience routines for 
<application>ORBit</application>.</para>
<indexterm zone="ORBit libORBitutil">
<primary sortas="c-libORBitutil">libORBitutil.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>