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  14   <H3>Obtaining ACE, TAO, CIAO, and DAnCE</H3>
  15
  16 Welcome to the download page for ACE, TAO, CIAO, and DAnCE which are
  17 open-source middleware developed by the <A
  18 HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/">DOC group</a> that provide that
  19 following capabilities:
  20
  21 <P>
  22
  23 <LI><A HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html">ACE</A> is an
  24 open-source framework that provides many components and <A
  25 HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/POSA">patterns</A> for
  26 developing high-performance, distributed real-time and embedded
  27 systems.  ACE provides powerful, yet efficient abstractions for
  28 sockets, demultiplexing loops, threads, synchronization primitives.
  29 </P>
  30
  31 <P>
  32
  33 <LI><A HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html">TAO</A> (The ACE
  34 ORB) is an open-source implementation of a <A
  35 href="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/corba.html">CORBA</A> Object
  36 Request Broker (ORB) built using components and patterns in the ACE
  37 framework.
  38
  39 </P>
  40
  41 <P>
  42
  43 <LI><A HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/CIAO.html">CIAO</a>
  44 (Component Integrated ACE ORB) is an open-source implementation of the
  45 CORBA Component Model (CCM) built on top of TAO. </P>
  46 </LI>
  47
  48
  49 <LI><A HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/CIAO.html">DAnCE</a>
  50 is an open-source implementation of the
  51 Deployment and Configuration standard (D&C) built on top of TAO. </P>
  52 </LI>
  53
  54 <P>
  55 After downloading a distribution we strongly advice to subscribe at least to
  56 one of the <A
  57 HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ACE-mail.html">announce
  58 mailing lists</A> to stay informed about new releases and
  59 important updates.<P>
  60
  61 <A
  62 HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/support.html">Commercial
  63 support and pre-built versions</A> of ACE, TAO, CIAO, and DAnCE are available
  64 from a number of companies.  <P>
  65
  66 <P>
  67
  68 Doxygen documentation for releases of ACE/TAO/CIAO/DAnCE can be browsed <A
  69 HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/Doxygen/">online</A>.
  70 <HR>
  71
  72   <H3>Downloading Freely Available Versions of ACE, TAO, CIAO, and DAnCE</H3>
  73
  74 <P>
  75
  76 Our process for developing and releasing ACE, TAO, and CIAO, as well
  77 as the role of major, minor, and micro release is described in
  78 detail in the DOC group's <A
  79 HREF="http://htmlpreview.github.com/?https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/blob/master/ACE/docs/ACE-development-process.html">
  80 development and release process</A> document.  Please check that
  81 document to decide which version below is more appropriate for your
  82 case.  You may want to understand the DOC group's <A
  83 HREF="http://htmlpreview.github.com/?https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/blob/master/ACE/docs/ACE-bug-process.html">
  84 bug fixing policies</A> when you make this decision.  </P>The full
  85 packages do contain all sources with pre generated makefiles for GNU
  86 make, Visual Studio 2015/2017/2019. The
  87 sources-only packages just contain the source code, you have to generate
  88 your own makefiles with MPC.  </P>
  89 <P>
  90 If you are using Windows download a package with a .zip extension, these packages have
  91 Windows line feeds. For all other platforms download a .gz/.bz2 package.
  92 </P>
  93
  94 <UL>
  95 <LI> <B>Latest ACE+TAO Micro Release.</B> The latest micro release is ACE 6.5.6 and TAO 2.5.6
  96 (ACE+TAO x.5.6), please use the links below to download it.<P>
  97
  98 <TABLE BORDER="4">
  99   <TR><TH>Filename</TH><TH>Description</TH><TH>Full</TH><TH>Sources only</TH></TR>
 100   <TR><TD>ACE+TAO.tar.gz</TD>
 101       <TD>ACE+TAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
 102       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE+TAO-6.5.6.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 103           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.6.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 104       </TD>
 105       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.6.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 106           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.6.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 107       </TD>
 108   </TR>
 109   <TR><TD>ACE+TAO.tar.bz2</TD>
 110       <TD>ACE+TAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
 111       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE+TAO-6.5.6.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 112           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.6.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 113       </TD>
 114       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.6.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 115           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.6.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 116       </TD>
 117   </TR>
 118   <TR><TD>ACE+TAO.zip</TD>
 119       <TD>ACE+TAO (zip format)</TD>
 120       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE+TAO-6.5.6.zip">HTTP</A>]
 121           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.6.zip">FTP</A>]
 122       </TD>
 123       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.6.zip">HTTP</A>]
 124           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.6.zip">FTP</A>]
 125       </TD>
 126   </TR>
 127   <TR><TD>ACE-html.tar.gz</TD>
 128       <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
 129       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE-html-6.5.6.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 130           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.6.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 131       </TD>
 132   </TR>
 133   <TR><TD>ACE-html.tar.bz2</TD>
 134       <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
 135       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE-html-6.5.6.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 136           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.6.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 137       </TD>
 138   </TR>
 139   <TR><TD>ACE-html.zip</TD>
 140       <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (zip format)</TD>
 141       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE-html-6.5.6.zip">HTTP</A>]
 142           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.6.zip">FTP</A>]
 143       </TD>
 144   </TR>
 145   <TR><TD>ACE.tar.gz</TD>
 146       <TD>ACE only (tar+gzip format)</TD>
 147       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE-6.5.6.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 148           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.6.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 149       </TD>
 150       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE-src-6.5.6.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 151           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.6.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 152       </TD>
 153   </TR>
 154   <TR><TD>ACE.tar.bz2</TD>
 155       <TD>ACE only (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
 156       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE-6.5.6.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 157           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.6.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 158       </TD>
 159       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE-src-6.5.6.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 160           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.6.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 161       </TD>
 162   </TR>
 163   <TR><TD>ACE.zip</TD>
 164       <TD>ACE only (zip format)</TD>
 165       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE-6.5.6.zip">HTTP</A>]
 166           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.6.zip">FTP</A>]
 167       </TD>
 168       <TD>[<A HREF="http://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-6_5_6/ACE-src-6.5.6.zip">HTTP</A>]
 169           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.6.zip">FTP</A>]
 170       </TD>
 171   </TR>
 172 </TABLE>
 173
 174 <LI> <B>Latest ACE+TAO Minor Release.</B> The latest minor release is ACE 6.5.0 and TAO 2.5.0
 175 (ACE+TAO x.5.0), please use the links below to download it.<P>
 176
 177 <TABLE BORDER="4">
 178   <TR><TH>Filename</TH><TH>Description</TH><TH>Full</TH><TH>Sources only</TH></TR>
 179   <TR><TD>ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.gz</TD>
 180       <TD>ACE+TAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
 181       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 182           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 183       </TD>
 184       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 185           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 186       </TD>
 187   </TR>
 188   <TR><TD>ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.bz2</TD>
 189       <TD>ACE+TAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
 190       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 191           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 192       </TD>
 193       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 194           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 195       </TD>
 196   </TR>
 197   <TR><TD>ACE+TAO-6.5.0.zip</TD>
 198       <TD>ACE+TAO (zip format)</TD>
 199       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
 200           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
 201       </TD>
 202       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
 203           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE+TAO-src-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
 204       </TD>
 205   </TR>
 206   <TR><TD>ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.gz</TD>
 207       <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
 208       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 209           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 210       </TD>
 211   </TR>
 212   <TR><TD>ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.bz2</TD>
 213       <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
 214       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 215           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 216       </TD>
 217   </TR>
 218   <TR><TD>ACE-html-6.5.0.zip</TD>
 219       <TD>Doxygen documentation for ACE+TAO (zip format)</TD>
 220       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
 221           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-html-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
 222       </TD>
 223   </TR>
 224   <TR><TD>ACE-6.5.0.tar.gz</TD>
 225       <TD>ACE only (tar+gzip format)</TD>
 226       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 227           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 228       </TD>
 229       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 230           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 231       </TD>
 232   </TR>
 233   <TR><TD>ACE-6.5.0.tar.bz2</TD>
 234       <TD>ACE only (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
 235       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 236           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 237       </TD>
 238       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 239           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 240       </TD>
 241   </TR>
 242   <TR><TD>ACE-6.5.0.zip</TD>
 243       <TD>ACE only (zip format)</TD>
 244       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
 245           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
 246       </TD>
 247       <TD>[<A HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.zip">HTTP</A>]
 248           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/ACE-src-6.5.0.zip">FTP</A>]
 249       </TD>
 250   </TR>
 251 </TABLE>
 252
 253 <LI> <B>Latest CIAO Micro Release.</B> The latest <A
 254     HREF="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DOCGroup/CIAO/master/VERSION">version</a>
 255 of the CIAO micro release is available for
 256     download below.  <P>
 257
 258 <TABLE BORDER="4">
 259   <TR><TH>Filename</TH><TH>Description</TH><TH>Sources only</TH></TR>
 260   <TR><TD>CIAO.tar.gz</TD>
 261       <TD>CIAO (tar+gzip format)</TD>
 262       <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/CIAO/releases/download/CIAO-1_3_8/CIAO-1_3_8-src.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 263           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/CIAO-1_3_8-src.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 264       </TD>
 265   </TR>
 266   <TR><TD>CIAO.tar.bz2</TD>
 267       <TD>CIAO (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
 268       <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/CIAO/releases/download/CIAO-1_3_8/CIAO-1_3_8-src.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 269           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/CIAO-1_3_8-src.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 270       </TD>
 271   </TR>
 272   <TR><TD>CIAO.zip</TD>
 273       <TD>CIAO (zip format)</TD>
 274       <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/CIAO/releases/download/CIAO-1_3_8/CIAO-1_3_8-src.zip">HTTP</A>]
 275           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/CIAO-1_3_8-src.zip">FTP</A>]
 276       </TD>
 277   </TR>
 278 </TABLE>
 279
 280 <LI> <B>Latest DAnCE Micro Release.</B> The latest <A
 281     HREF="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DOCGroup/DAnCE/master/VERSION">version</a>
 282 of the DAnCE micro release is available for
 283     download below.  <P>
 284
 285 <TABLE BORDER="4">
 286   <TR><TH>Filename</TH><TH>Description</TH><TH>Sources only</TH></TR>
 287   <TR><TD>DAnCE.tar.gz</TD>
 288       <TD>DAnCE (tar+gzip format)</TD>
 289       <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/DAnCE/releases/download/DAnCE-1_3_8/DAnCE-1_3_8-src.tar.gz">HTTP</A>]
 290           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/DAnCE-1_3_8-src.tar.gz">FTP</A>]
 291       </TD>
 292   </TR>
 293   <TR><TD>DAnCE.tar.bz2</TD>
 294       <TD>DAnCE (tar+bzip2 format)</TD>
 295       <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/DAnCE/releases/download/DAnCE-1_3_8/DAnCE-1_3_8-src.tar.bz2">HTTP</A>]
 296           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/DAnCE-1_3_8-src.tar.bz2">FTP</A>]
 297       </TD>
 298   </TR>
 299   <TR><TD>DAnCE.zip</TD>
 300       <TD>DAnCE (zip format)</TD>
 301       <TD>[<A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/DAnCE/releases/download/DAnCE-1_3_8/DAnCE-1_3_8-src.zip">HTTP</A>]
 302           [<A HREF="ftp://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions/DAnCE-1_3_8-src.zip">FTP</A>]
 303       </TD>
 304   </TR>
 305 </TABLE>
 306
 307 </UL>
 308
 309 <P>
 310   Older versions of ACE+TAO are also available via HTTP at  <A
 311   HREF="http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu/previous_versions">this location</A>
 312   . This location has a few of the previous major and minor
 313   releases. This location will house all major, minor, and micro releases
 314   distributed after ACE+TAO-5.2+1.2.
 315 </P>
 316
 317   <H3>Other Sources for ACE+TAO</H3>
 318
 319 <UL>
 320   <LI>The ACE+TAO git repository can be browsed
 321     <A HREF="https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/">
 322       via the web</A>.
 323   </LI>
 324   <li>ACE+TAO source code may be obtained from the
 325     <a href="http://htmlpreview.github.com/?https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/blob/master/ACE/ACE-INSTALL.html#power">Git repository</a>.</li>
 326   <LI>Commercially supported versions of ACE+TAO are available from
 327     <A HREF="http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html">several companies</A>.
 328   <LI>RPMs for CentOS, Fedora, Mandriva, RHEL, SLE, and OpenSuSE are available from the
 329     <A HREF="http://software.opensuse.org/search">Open Build Service</A>.
 330       <UL>
 331   <LI>Latest micro release
 332     <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/micro/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/micro/</A>
 333   <LI>Latest micro release with versioned namespaces
 334     <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/micro:/versioned/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/micro:/versioned/</A>
 335   <LI>Latest minor release
 336     <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/minor/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/minor/</A>
 337   <LI>Latest minor release with versioned namespaces
 338     <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/minor:/versioned/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/minor:/versioned/</A>
 339   <LI>Latest major release
 340     <A HREF="https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/major/">https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/libraries:/ACE:/major/</A>
 341       </UL>
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