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On a Unix System

To use the IDL compiler fnidl you must have a C/C++ pre-processor installed on your path. By default, Fnorb looks for one with the name gcc, or cpp, but if you have some other pre-processor then you must edit the file ``Fnorb/script/cpp.py'' and set the COMMAND variable as appropriate.

  1. Unpack the Fnorb distribution (the recommended place to put it is in your Python ``site-packages'' directory).

    $ gunzip fnorb-1.2.tar.gz
    $ tar xvf fnorb-1.2.tar

  2. Install Fnorb using the distutils command

    $ python setup.py install

    There are many options for installing Fnorb. For a detailed discussion, see the Distutils documentation [5].