source: gnome/otherlibs/orbit.xml@ fdca4266

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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-size "1 MB">
<!ENTITY ORBit-buildsize "51.4 MB">
<!ENTITY ORBit-time "0.73 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="ORBit" xreflabel="ORBit-&ORBit-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="ORBit.html"?>
<title>ORBit-&ORBit-version;</title>

<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 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>
</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 &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>ORB</acronym>it</application> package contains <filename
class="libraryfile">libIDL</filename>,
<filename class="libraryfile">libIIOP</filename>, <filename
class="libraryfile">libORBit</filename>,
<filename class="libraryfile">libORBitCosNaming</filename> and
<filename class="libraryfile">libORBitutil</filename> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>libIDL</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libIDL</filename> library is the Interface Definition Language mappings for CORBA.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libIIOP</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libIIOP</filename> library is for low level CORBA communications.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libORBit</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libORBit</filename> library is the CORBA API.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libORBitCosNaming</title>
<para>No description available.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libORBitutil</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libORBitutil</filename> library
contains the convenience routines for ORBit.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>