# Installer omniorb avec Homebrew, apt, Nix, dnf, MacPorts, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de omniorb pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:omniorb
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install omniorb
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install omniORB
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: devel/omniORB/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install omniorb
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: omniorb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#omniorb
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/om/omniorb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install omniORB
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: omniORB from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libomniORB4-3
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libomniORB4-3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:omniorb
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.3.4
- **Résumé source:** IOR and naming service utilities for omniORB
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://omniorb.sourceforge.io/>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- catior (alias)
- convertior (alias)
- genior (alias)
- nameclt (alias)
- omkdepend (alias)
- omniMapper (alias)
- omniNames (alias)
- omnicpp (alias)
- omniidl (alias)
- omniidlrun.py (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 4.3.4
## Historique du projet et usages

omniORB is a free CORBA Object Request Broker for C++ and Python, historically known for performance, standards compliance, and longevity. The Homebrew package exposes the classic omniORB command-line utilities: IDL compilation, naming-service tools, IOR inspection and conversion, and support programs around the ORB runtime.

### Historique du projet

The project history says omniORB began at Olivetti Research Ltd in Cambridge, whose lab later became Olivetti and Oracle Research Ltd and then AT&T Laboratories Cambridge in 1999. Development continued through those institutional changes, with multiple public releases, betas, and development snapshots.

A historical presentation by Duncan Grisby records early design details: omniORB was developed at ORL, originally targeted embedded platforms, omniORB 1 used Orbix's proprietary protocol, and omniORB 2 was designed for IIOP. The same material identifies omniORB 2.2 as a public release in May 1997.

On April 24, 2002, AT&T Laboratories Cambridge closed as part of AT&T's research cuts. omniORB then became an independent project, with original developers continuing involvement and SourceForge becoming the public project home.

### Historique d'adoption

The official site says omniORB is used by many thousands of developers and deployed in countless applications. It also notes that omniORB was one of only three ORBs awarded the Open Group's Open Brand for CORBA, meaning it passed compliance testing for CORBA 2.1.

Its adoption persisted because CORBA users needed a robust free ORB with both C++ and Python mappings. Distro packages across Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora-family systems, MacPorts, Nix, openSUSE, and Homebrew reflect the long tail of CORBA systems that still need IDL compilers, naming services, and IIOP interoperability.

### Modes d'utilisation

Developers use omniidl to compile CORBA IDL into language bindings, run omniNames as the CORBA Naming Service, and use utilities such as catior, convertior, and genior when inspecting or constructing interoperable object references.

The runtime implements CORBA 2.6-era features such as C++ and Python language bindings, GIOP/IIOP protocol support, a multithreaded runtime, TypeCode and Any, DynAny, AMI, local interfaces, IPv6, dynamic invocation/skeleton interfaces, and a complete Naming Service.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

omniORB is one of those packages that carries a whole distributed-systems era inside a formula. Installing it pulls in not just a library but an IDL toolchain, a naming service, and utilities for an interoperability model that predates REST and gRPC.

Its significance is also archival: it connects package managers to the Cambridge research-lab lineage that produced VNC and other infrastructure, then survived the lab closure as an independent open source project.

### Chronologie

- May 1997: omniORB 2.2 is released to the public, according to historical project material.
- 1999: Olivetti Research's successor lab becomes AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
- June 1999: omniORB documentation records Open Group CORBA branding for CORBA 2.1 compliance.
- April 24, 2002: AT&T Laboratories Cambridge closes and omniORB becomes independent.
- March 31, 2025: the official site announces omniORB 4.3.3 and omniORBpy 4.3.3.

### Related projects

- omniORB is part of the CORBA ecosystem alongside commercial ORBs, TAO, MICO, ORBit, and language mappings such as omniORBpy. For package users, omniORBpy is especially important because it lets Python programs interoperate with C++ CORBA services through the same ORB family.

### Sources

- <https://omniorb.sourceforge.io/>
- <https://omniorb.sourceforge.io/docs.html>
- <https://omniorb.sourceforge.io/features.html>
- <https://omniorb.sourceforge.io/history.html>
- <https://omniorb.sourceforge.io/omni42/omniORB.pdf>
- <https://omniorb.sourceforge.io/omnipy42/omniORBpy/omniORBpy001.html>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/omniorb/>
- <https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/attarchive/omniORB/omniORBForm.html>
- <https://www.esrf.fr/conferences/Corba_Controls/PAPERS/grisby_orb.pdf>


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - omniorb - 4.3.3+ds1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: omniorb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | IOR and naming service utilities for omniORB | http://omniorb.sourceforge.net
- Nix - omniorb: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/om/omniorb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - omniorb - 4.3.2+ds1-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: omniorb from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | IOR and naming service utilities for omniORB | http://omniorb.sourceforge.net
- dnf - omniORB - 4.3.4-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: omniORB from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A robust high performance CORBA ORB for C++ and Python | http://omniorb.sourceforge.net
- dnf - omniORB-devel - 4.3.4-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: omniORB-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for omniORB | http://omniorb.sourceforge.net
- dnf - omniORB-doc - 4.3.4-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: omniORB-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation files for omniORB | http://omniorb.sourceforge.net
- dnf - omniORB-servers - 4.3.4-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: omniORB-servers from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | OmniORB naming service | http://omniorb.sourceforge.net
- dnf - omniORB-utils - 4.3.4-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: omniORB-utils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for omniORB | http://omniorb.sourceforge.net
- zypper - libomniORB4-3 - 4.3.2-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libomniORB4-3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | omniORB libraries | https://omniorb.sourceforge.io
- zypper - libomnithread4 - 4.3.2-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libomnithread4 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | omniORB thread library | https://omniorb.sourceforge.io
- zypper - omniORB - 4.3.2-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: omniORB from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A robust high performance CORBA ORB for C++ and Python | https://omniorb.sourceforge.io
- zypper - omniORB-devel - 4.3.2-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: omniORB-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development libraries, header files and utilities for omniORB | https://omniorb.sourceforge.io
- MacPorts - omniORB: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/omniORB/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - omniidl - 4.3.3+ds1-1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: omniidl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | omniORB IDL to C++ and Python3 compiler | http://omniorb.sourceforge.net
- Ubuntu apt - omniidl - 4.3.2+ds1-1.1build2: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: omniidl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | omniORB IDL to C++ and Python3 compiler | http://omniorb.sourceforge.net


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/omniorb.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/omniorb.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph