How To Install ORBit2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ORBit2 on CentOS 7. ORBit2 is A high-performance CORBA Object Request Broker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ORBit2 on CentOS 7.

What is ORBit2

ORBit is a high-performance CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) ORB (object request broker). It allows programs to send requests and receive replies from other programs, regardless of the locations of the two programs. CORBA is an architecture that enables communication between program objects, regardless of the programming language they’re written in or the operating system they run on. You will need to install this package and ORBit-devel if you want to write programs that use CORBA technology. ORBit is a high-performance CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) ORB (object request broker). It allows programs to send requests and receive replies from other programs, regardless of the locations of the two programs. CORBA is an architecture that enables communication between program objects, regardless of the programming language they’re written in or the operating system they run on. You will need to install this package and ORBit-devel if you want to write programs that use CORBA technology.

We can use yum or dnf to install ORBit2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ORBit2.

Install ORBit2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ORBit2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ORBit2

Install ORBit2 on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ORBit2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ORBit2

How To Uninstall ORBit2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the ORBit2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ORBit2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ORBit2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.