<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> %general-entities; <!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 && make && 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>