License

The Orc source code and binaries are released under the BSD License.

Audience

Orc is available in different formats depending on what you will be doing with it:

• Casual users who are interested in playing with Orc.
• Eclipse users who want to develop Orc programs on their own machine under the Eclipse IDE.
• Command line users who want to run Orc programs from the command line.
• Developers who want to explore Orc's implementation.

Casual Users

Use our Try Orc! feature to experiment with Orc in your browser. We are currently working on extending the online job server to support user accounts so you can create long-running jobs; please contact us if you are interested in obtaining an account.

Eclipse Users

There is an Orc plugin available for the Eclipse IDE. It is compatible with Eclipse versions 3.3 and later.

To install the Orc Eclipse plugin within Eclipse 3.4 or 3.5, follow these steps:

1. Select Help, then Install New Software...
2. Press the Add... button in the upper right of the Install window.
3. Fill in the following in the Add Site dialog box, and press OK:
   • Name: Orc programming language
   • Location: http://orc.csres.utexas.edu/eclipse_updates/
4. Expand the Orc programming language category that appears, and select Orc Eclipse plug-in.
5. Press Next, and proceed through the confirmation pages that appear.
6. (recommended) In Eclipse Preferences, expand the Install/Update category, and select Automatic Updates. Select the checkbox labeled "Automatically find new updates and notify me".

To install the Orc Eclipse plugin within Eclipse 3.3, follow these steps:

1. Select Help, go over Software Updates and then click on Find and Install....
2. Select Search for new features to install and then click Next.
3. From the right hand side select New Remote Site...
4. Fill in the following in the New Update Site dialog box, and press OK
:
• Name: Orc programming language
• Location: http://orc.csres.utexas.edu/eclipse_updates/
5. Press Finish.
6. A window titled Updates will appear. Select Orc programming language and click on Next.
7. Go through the license page and click Finish at the end.
8. Confirm the installation by clicking on Install.

Command Line Users

Orc is also available as a standalone JAR which you can use to run programs on the command line.

Download the latest release from Google Code. For further assistance, please see the documentation.

Developers

Orc is developed in Eclipse. The developer's quick start describes how to check out and build the Orc Eclipse project from source and start running Orc programs.