Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.2.0

Chapter 33. GNOME 1.4 Libraries

ORBit-0.5.17

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

ORBit Dependencies

Required

GLib-1.2.10

Optional

TCP Wrapper-7.6

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/orbit

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-0.5.17 &&
cp -v -R docs/* /opt/gnome-1.4/share/doc/ORBit-0.5.17

Contents

Installed Programs: ior-decode, libIDL-config, name-client, old-name-server, orbit-config, orbit-idl, orbit-ird, orbit-event-server, and orbit-name-server
Installed Libraries: libIDL.{so,a}, libIIOP.{so,a}, libname-server.a, liborbit-c-backend.a, libORBit.{so,a}, libORBitCosNaming.{so,a}, and libORBitutil.{so,a}
Installed Directories: /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-0.5.17 and /opt/gnome-1.4/share/idl

Short Descriptions

libIDL.{so,a}

library is the Interface Definition Language mappings for CORBA.

libIIOP.{so,a}

is for low level CORBA communications.

libORBit.{so,a}

is the CORBA API.

libORBitutil.{so,a}

contains the convenience routines for ORBit.

Last updated on 2006-06-21 11:26:07 -0500