=== First, install omniORBpy ===

=== Get omniORBpy and Decompress ===

Download the omniORBpy v2.7 source (tar.gz file) from http://omniorb.sourceforge.net/.  Later versions have not been tested.

{{{
$ tar -xzvf omniORBpy-2.7.tar.gz
}}}

=== Build and Install omniORBpy ===

{{{
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su -c "make install"
}}}

or

{{{
$ cd [omniORBpy directory]
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ ../configure [configure options]
$ make
$ su -c "make install"
}}}

=== Create the python bindings for omniORB ===

You can create the bindings directory somewhere in your user directory and list the directory in a .pth file as shown here, or you copy the compiled idl to the local site-packages directory.

{{{ 
$ mkdir idl_py
$ cd idl_py
$ cp <path to ossie idl files>/*.idl .
$ omniidl -p<path to omniORBpy backend> -bpython *
}}}

 - <path to ossie idl files> is typically ''/usr/local/include/ossie/'' if installing from subversion but may be elsewhere if installed by another method.

 - <path to omniORBpy backend> is typically ''/usr/local/lib/python<version>/site-packages''.

=== As root, create ossie.pth ===

{{{
# cd /usr/lib/python<version>/site-packages/
# vim ossie.pth
}}}

 - Create the ossie.pth file to look as follows

{{{
<path to idl_py>
/usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages/
}}}