[omniORB] Basic questions while trying to build omni orb...

[Duncan Grisby]

On Saturday 29 November, "Ali Reza" wrote:

> I am trying to build omni ORB using the source on a windows 2000
> machine using Microsoft's nmake utility - Visual Studio. NET C++ &
> of course the cl compiler. As I understand: omni orb needs : -
>
> 1. python 

Yes, for the IDL compiler.

> 2. perl 

No. Perl is not required at all.

> 3. openssl

Yes, but only if you want to use the SSL transport for encrypted
communication.

> QUESTION : Is there any other tool that is required ? If possible,
> will some one briefly explain why each of these are required ?

You need some bits of cygwin for the build system to work. You must
have GNU make and some other GNU utilities like sort and grep.

Read the instructions in the README.win32 file. They are quite
comprehensive.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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