The best way to use TAO is to download it from here and install it on your laptop. I recommend you use the "latest beta kit". If you have any questions/problems, please send them to me. To ensure that we have proper version/platform/compiler information, please make sure you fill out the appropriate problem report form (PRF), which is in

$ACE_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM
$TAO_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM

Make sure to include this information when asking any questions about ACE+TAO since otherwise I have to "guess" what version/platform/compiler/options you've using, which is error-prone and slows down my responsiveness.

If you don't have access to a sufficiently powerful laptop, a frozen version of the ACE, TAO, and CIAO middleware frameworks have been setup in on the Linux machines with names {ics7055-ics7072}.vuse.vanderbilt.edu in FGH 201. Here are instructions on how to access these middleware frameworks:

• Define environment variable ACE_ROOT to point to directory where ACE is installed.
  • In our Linux lab it will be: /usr/local/ACE_Wrappers. You can remotely connect to the Linux machines via secure shell ssh. The default .cshrc on these Linux machines should automatically set your ACE_ROOT environment variable (but please ensure that this is the case). We will use GCC compiler v3.3.

  • For people who want to use Windows it will be the following C:\ACE_wrappers, assuming you have installed ACE+TAO+CIAO there. Instructions for downloading, building, and installing ACE+TAO+CIAO are available online.

• We will use the Make Project Creator (MPC) tool for our builds.

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