Documentation

Ice Documentation (English)

Ice-3.2.1.pdf
Ice-3.2.1.pdf.gz
Ice-3.2.1.pdf.zip

The complete Ice documentation, in PDF format. You can download the Acrobat PDF reader here.

Release Notes

RELEASE_NOTES-3.2.1.txt

Describes the improvements and fixes included in this release, and provides instructions for upgrading existing applications.

Windows Installers

Windows Installer for Visual Studio 2005

Ice-3.2.1-VC80.msi

Everything needed to use Ice on Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista in C++, Java, C#, Visual Basic and Python. This installer includes executables, debug and release DLLs, header files, import libraries, PDBs, Java classes, sample programs, and third-party dependencies.

Visual Studio 2005 is only required for C++, C#, and Visual Basic developers. Visual Studio 2005 Express compilers are also supported.

Ice-3.2.1-ThirdParty-VC80.msi

Use this installer if you want to build Ice for C++ or Ice for Java from sources. It includes header files, debug/release DLLs, and JAR files for Ice's third-party dependencies:

  • Berkeley DB 4.5.20
  • OpenSSL 0.9.8d
  • Libbzip2 1.0.3
  • Expat 2.0.0

Ice for Java users who do not want to install the full Ice distribution may also find this installer useful, as it includes the Java classes for Berkeley DB.

Ice-3.2.1-VC80-x64.msi

Everything needed to use Ice for C++ on Windows Server 2003 x64. This installer includes executables, debug and release DLLs, header files, import libraries, PDBs, sample programs, and third-party dependencies.

Ice-3.2.1-ThirdParty-VC80-x64.msi

Use this installer if you want to build Ice for C++ from sources. It includes header files and debug/release DLLs for Ice's third-party dependencies:

  • Berkeley DB 4.5.20
  • OpenSSL 0.9.8d
  • Libbzip2 1.0.3
  • Expat 2.0.0

Windows Installer for Visual Studio .NET 2003

Ice-3.2.1-VC71.msi

Everything needed to use Ice on Windows XP in C++ with Visual Studio .NET 2003. This installer includes executables, debug and release DLLs, header files, import libraries, PDBs, sample programs, and third-party dependencies.

Ice-3.2.1-ThirdParty-VC71.msi

Use this installer if you want to build Ice for C++ from sources. It includes header files and DLLs for Ice's third-party dependencies:

  • Berkeley DB 4.5.20
  • OpenSSL 0.9.8d
  • Libbzip2 1.0.3
  • Expat 2.0.0

Windows Installer for Visual C++ 6.0

Ice-3.2.1-VC60.msi

Everything needed to use Ice on Windows XP in C++, Ruby, and PHP with Visual C++ 6.0. This installer includes executables, debug and release DLLs, header files, import libraries, PDBs, sample programs, and third-party dependencies.

Note: The Ice extensions for Ruby and PHP are included in this installer for compatibility with the binary distributions available from ruby-lang.org and php.net.

Ice-3.2.1-ThirdParty-VC60.msi

Use this installer if you want to build Ice for C++ from sources. It includes header files and debug/release DLLs for Ice's third-party dependencies:

  • Berkeley DB 4.5.20
  • OpenSSL 0.9.8d
  • Libbzip2 1.0.3
  • Expat 2.0.0
  • STLport 4.6.2

Windows Archive for Borland C++Builder 2006

Ice-3.2.1-bin-BCC.zip

Everything needed to use Ice on Windows XP in C++ with Borland C++Builder 2006. This archive includes executables, debug and release DLLs, header files, import libraries, and third-party dependencies.

Ice-3.2.1-demos.zip

Source code for the Ice sample programs. You will need to install or build Ice in order to compile these programs.

Ice-3.2.1-ThirdParty-BCC.zip

Use this archive if you want to build Ice for C++ from sources. It includes header files and DLLs for Ice's third-party dependencies:

  • Berkeley DB 4.5.20
  • OpenSSL 0.9.8d
  • Libbzip2 1.0.3
  • Expat 2.0.0

Linux RPMs

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 i386 RPMs

Ice-3.2.1-rhel4-i386-rpm.tar.gz

The Ice run times and developer kits for all supported language mappings.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 x86_64 RPMs

Ice-3.2.1-rhel4-x86_64-rpm.tar.gz

The Ice run times and developer kits for all supported language mappings.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 Yum Repository

You can also install Ice using yum or up2date on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4.

Directly with yum

Download the repository description (zeroc-ice.repo) and install it in /etc/yum.repos.d. Once installed, you can view the available packages using the following command:

# yum list ice* db45*

Refer to the yum documentation for more information.

With up2date

Configure up2date to use the zeroc-ice yum repository, by adding

yum zeroc-ice https://download.zeroc.com/Ice/3.2/rhel4/$ARCH/

at the end of your /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file. Then import the ZeroC GPG release key with:

# rpm --import https://download.zeroc.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-zeroc-release

You can view the packages available on the zeroc-ice channel with:

# up2date --installall=zeroc-ice --dry-run

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 i386 RPMs

Ice-3.2.1-rhel5-i386-rpm.tar.gz

The Ice run times and developer kits for all supported language mappings.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86_64 RPMs

Ice-3.2.1-rhel5-x86_64-rpm.tar.gz

The Ice run times and developer kits for all supported language mappings.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Yum Repository

You can also install Ice using yum on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: download the repository description (zeroc-ice.repo) and install it in /etc/yum.repos.d. Once installed, you can view the available packages using the following command:

# yum list ice* db45*

Refer to the yum documentation for more information.

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 i386 RPMs

Ice-3.2.1-sles10-i586-rpm.tar.gz

The Ice run times and developer kits for all supported language mappings.

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86_64 RPMs

Ice-3.2.1-sles10-x86_64-rpm.tar.gz

The Ice run times and developer kits for all supported language mappings.

Source RPM

ice-3.2.1-1.src.rpm

An RPM containing the Ice source code for the binary RPMs above.

GPG Key

RPM-GPG-KEY-zeroc-release

The public key used to sign the ZeroC release RPMs.

Fingerprint: DC66 ECCB 94F2 797F D4D4 ADA7 5E6D A833 0613 2997

Third-Party Dependencies

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4, certain language mappings rely on third-party packages that are not available in the standard distribution. You only need to install these dependencies if you plan to use the language mapping:

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, we recommend installing the following Mono RPMs in order to use Ice for C#:

On SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, you must update your Mono installation to version 1.2.2 in order to use Ice for C#.

Binary Archives

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 Archive

Ice-3.2.1-bin-rhel-i386.tar.gz
Ice-3.2.1-bin-rhel-x86_64.tar.gz

Everything needed to use Ice in C++, Java, C#, Python, Ruby, and PHP (i386 and x86_64). These archives include executables for Ice services and tools, run-time libraries, development kits and HTML documentation.

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Archive

Ice-3.2.1-bin-sles-i586.tar.gz
Ice-3.2.1-bin-sles-x86_64.tar.gz

Everything needed to use Ice in C++, Java, C#, Python, and PHP (i386 and x86_64). These archives include executables for Ice services and tools, run-time libraries, development kits and HTML documentation.

Solaris 10 Archives

Ice-3.2.1-bin-solaris.tar.gz (SPARC 32-bit)
Ice-3.2.1-bin-solaris-x86.tar.gz (x86/x64)

Everything needed to use Ice in C++ and Java. This archive includes executables for Ice services and tools, run-time libraries, development kits and HTML documentation.

HP-UX 11i (PA-RISC) Archive

Ice-3.2.1-bin-hpux.tar.gz

Everything needed to use Ice in C++ and Java. This archive includes executables for Ice services and tools, run-time libraries, development kits and HTML documentation.

MacOS X (Intel x86) Archive

Ice-3.2.1-bin-macosx.tar.gz

Everything needed to use Ice in C++, Java, and Python. This archive includes executables for Ice services and tools, run-time libraries, development kits and HTML documentation.

Sample Programs for Binary Archives

Ice-3.2.1-demos.tar.gz
Ice-3.2.1-demos.zip

The Ice sample programs for binary archives. These sample programs are already included in the source code distributions, the Windows installers, and the development kit RPMs.

Source Distributions

For compatibility information, please refer to our list of supported platforms.

Ice for C++

Ice-3.2.1.tar.gz
Ice-3.2.1.zip

The complete Ice for C++ source code.

Ice for Java 5

IceJ-3.2.1-java5.tar.gz
IceJ-3.2.1-java5.zip

The complete Ice for Java source code, JAR files and sample programs. This distribution uses the default Java 5 language mapping and requires a Java 5 environment.

Note that, to build Ice for Java, you must first compile Ice for C++ or, alternatively, download and install an appropriate binary distribution. This is necessary because the Slice-to-Java compiler is written in C++.

Ice for Java 2

IceJ-3.2.1-java2.tar.gz
IceJ-3.2.1-java2.zip

The complete Ice for Java source code, JAR files and sample programs. This distribution uses the Java 2 language mapping that supports both Java 2 and Java 5.

Note that, to build Ice for Java, you must first compile Ice for C++ or, alternatively, download and install an appropriate binary distribution. This is necessary because the Slice-to-Java compiler is written in C++.

Ice for C#

IceCS-3.2.1.tar.gz
IceCS-3.2.1.zip

The complete Ice for C# source code.

Note that, to build Ice for C#, you must first compile Ice for C++ or, alternatively, download and install an appropriate binary distribution. This is necessary because the Slice-to-C# compiler is written in C++.

Ice for Visual Basic

IceVB-3.2.1.tar.gz
IceVB-3.2.1.zip

The Ice for Visual Basic sample programs.

Note that, to build the sample programs, you must first compile Ice for C# and C++ or, alternatively, download and install an appropriate binary distribution. This is necessary because the Slice-to-VB compiler is written in C++, and the Visual Basic mapping requires the Ice for C# run time.

Ice for PHP

IcePHP-3.2.1.tar.gz
IcePHP-3.2.1.zip

The complete Ice for PHP source code.

Ice for Python

IcePy-3.2.1.tar.gz
IcePy-3.2.1.zip

The complete Ice for Python source code.

Note that, to build and use Ice for Python, you must first compile Ice for C++ or, alternatively, download and install an appropriate binary distribution. This is necessary because the Python mapping requires the Ice for C++ run time.

Ice for Ruby

IceRuby-3.2.1.tar.gz
IceRuby-3.2.1.zip

The complete Ice for Ruby source code.

Note that, to build and use Ice for Ruby, you must first compile Ice for C++ or, alternatively, download and install an appropriate binary distribution. This is necessary because the Ruby mapping requires the Ice for C++ run time.

Source Code for Third-Party Software

Third-Party Source Code

ThirdParty-Sources-3.2.1.tar.gz
ThirdParty-Sources-3.2.1.zip

The source code for the third-party software that Ice depends on. (The GPL requires that we make these available. You do not need to download this archive unless you want to build these third-party packages from source code yourself.)

Berkeley DB Source RPM

db45-4.5.20-5ice.src.rpm

Sources for the Berkeley DB 4.5.20 RPM included with the Linux binary RPMs.