diff --git a/templates/ORBit2-devel b/templates/ORBit2-devel
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+ORBit2
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diff --git a/templates/ORBit2/depends b/templates/ORBit2/depends
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+abi_depends=2.14.17
+api_depends=${abi_depends}
diff --git a/templates/ORBit2/devel.template b/templates/ORBit2/devel.template
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+# Template file for 'ORBit2-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run ORBit2
+
+do_install()
+{
+	local lver="2.0"
+
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/orbit-${lver}
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/orbit-${lver}/*.*a \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/orbit-${lver}
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin ${DESTDIR}/usr
+}
diff --git a/templates/ORBit2/template b/templates/ORBit2/template
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+# Template file for 'ORBit2'
+pkgname=ORBit2
+sourcepkg=$pkgname
+version=2.14.17
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.14/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="High-performance CORBA ORB with C language support"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=62bfce3f678f9347a19c766944e8aef7b89bc32b25ac23eb3e4c25929ce8974c
+long_desc="
+ ORBit is a CORBA 2.2-compliant Object Request Broker (ORB) featuring
+ mature C and Perl bindings. Bindings (in various degrees of completeness)
+ are also available for C++, Lisp, Pascal, Python, Ruby, and TCL; others
+ are in-progress. It supports POA, DII, DSI, TypeCode, Any, IR and IIOP.
+
+ Optional features including INS and threading are available. ORBit is
+ engineered for the desktop workstation environment, with a focus on
+ performance, low resource usage, and security."
+
+subpackages="devel"
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full glib
+Add_dependency full libIDL