Using the Linux Binary Distributions for Ice 3.7.6
This page provides important information for users of the Ice binary distributions on Linux platforms. You can obtain these distributions at the ZeroC web site.
On this page:
Overview of the Ice Binary Distributions for Linux
DEB Packages
ZeroC provides the following DEB packages for Debian and Ubuntu:
Package | Description |
---|---|
zeroc-ice-all-dev | Meta package that installs all development packages |
zeroc-ice-all-runtime | Meta package that installs all run-time packages, servers and utilities |
libzeroc-ice-dev | C++ header files and libraries |
libzeroc-ice3.7-java | Ice for Java JAR files |
libzeroc-ice3.7 | C++ run-time libraries |
libzeroc-icestorm3.7 | IceStorm service for IceBox C++ |
php-zeroc-ice | PHP extension and run-time files |
python-zeroc-ice | Python 2 extension and run-time files |
python3-zeroc-ice | Python 3 extension and run-time files |
zeroc-glacier2 | Glacier2 service |
zeroc-icebox | IceBox server for C++ |
zeroc-icebridge | IceBridge service |
zeroc-ice-compilers | Slice compilers, such as slice2cpp , slice2java and slice2php |
zeroc-icegrid | IceGrid service |
zeroc-icegridgui | IceGrid GUI application |
zeroc-icepatch2 | IcePatch2 service |
| Slice files |
zeroc-ice-utils | Utilities necessary for administering an Ice installation |
RPM Packages
ZeroC provides the following RPMs for Amazon Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:
RPM | Description |
---|---|
ice-all-devel | Meta package that installs all development packages |
ice-all-runtime | Meta package that installs all run-time packages, servers and utilities |
glacier2 | Glacier2 service |
icebox | IceBox server for C++ |
icebridge | IceBridge service |
icegrid | IceGrid service |
icegridgui | IceGrid GUI application |
icepatch2 | IcePatch2 executable |
ice-compilers | Slice compilers, such as slice2cpp , slice2java and slice2py |
| Slice files |
ice-utils | Utilities necessary for administering an Ice installation |
libice-c++-devel | C++ header files and symbolic links to the C++ run-time libraries |
libice3.7-c++ | C++ run-time libraries |
libicestorm3.7 | IceStorm service |
php-ice | PHP extension and run-time files |
python-ice | Python 2 extension and run-time files (all distributions except RHEL 8) |
python2-ice | Python 2 extension and run-time files (RHEL 8 only) |
python3-ice | Python 3 extension and run-time files (Amazon Linux 2 and RHEL 8 only) |
ZeroC also supplies RPMs for the following third-party packages:
RPM | Description |
---|---|
| Admin tools for LMDB (statically linked) |
| Header file and static library for LMDB |
| Static library for the MCPP C++ preprocessor |
The RPM distribution no longer includes an RPM with the Ice for Java JAR files. See Building Ice Application in Java or more information.
Bi-Arch Support on RHEL 7
On RHEL 7, all of the Ice packages listed above are provided for the x86_64 architecture, along with a limited subset of packages for the i686 architecture. The subset includes C++ run-time and development libraries, along with 32-bit versions of the IceBox server and IceStorm service. The 32-bit IceBox package installs the executables as icebox32
(for the IceBox services built with the C++98 mapping) and icebox32++11
(for IceBox services built with the C++11 mapping).
For development purposes, you will still need to install the 64-bit development kit packages: the 32-bit development kit packages complement these 64-bit packages.
Installing the Linux Distributions
This section describes how to install Ice binary packages for all of the supported Linux platforms.
Installing Ice on Debian 9 or 10
Follow the instructions below to install Ice 3.7 on Debian using the packages from ZeroC repositories.
1. Install ZeroC's key to avoid warnings with unsigned packages:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv B6391CB2CFBA643D
2. Add the Ice repository to your system (-s
is optional and enables the source repo):
sudo apt-add-repository -s "deb http://zeroc.com/download/ice/3.7/debian9 stable main"
sudo apt-add-repository -s "deb http://zeroc.com/download/ice/3.7/debian10 stable main"
3. Update the package list and install:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install zeroc-ice-all-runtime zeroc-ice-all-dev
Refer to the package summary if you would like to install fewer packages.
4. Install the source package (optional):
apt-get source zeroc-ice
Debian 9 includes Ice 3.6.3 packages. To install the Ice 3.6.3 packages the Debian repository instead of the Ice 3.7 packages from the ZeroC repository, skip the instructions above and use the following command:
sudo apt-get install zeroc-ice-all-runtime zeroc-ice-all-dev
Installing Ice on Ubuntu
Follow the instructions below to install Ice 3.7 on Ubuntu. ZeroC provide Ice 3.7 packages for Ubuntu Xenial (16.04), Ubuntu Bionic (18.04) and Ubuntu Focal (20.04).
1. Install ZeroC's key to avoid warnings with unsigned packages:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv B6391CB2CFBA643D
2. Add the Ice repository to your system (-s
is optional and enables the source repo):
sudo apt-add-repository -s "deb http://zeroc.com/download/Ice/3.7/ubuntu`lsb_release -rs` stable main"
3. Update the package list and install:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install zeroc-ice-all-runtime zeroc-ice-all-dev
Refer to the package summary if you would like to install fewer packages.
4. Install the source package (optional):
apt-get source zeroc-ice
Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)'s universe includes the Ice 3.5.1 packages.
Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)'s universe includes the Ice 3.7.0 packages.
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)'s universe includes the Ice 3.7.3 packages.
If you would rather install these Ice 3.7 packages included in Universe, skip the instructions above and use the following command:
sudo apt-get install zeroc-ice-all-runtime zeroc-ice-all-dev
Installing Ice on Amazon Linux
Follow the instructions below to install Ice on Amazon Linux 2 (amzn2):
1. Add the Ice repositories to your Amazon Linux system:
sudo yum install https://zeroc.com/download/ice/3.7/amzn2/ice-repo-3.7.amzn2.noarch.rpm
2. Install Ice:
sudo yum install ice-all-runtime ice-all-devel
Refer to the package summary if you would like to install fewer packages.
The EC2 documentation provides more information about installing packages on Amazon Linux.
Installing Ice on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or 8
Follow the instructions below to install Ice on RHEL 7 or 8:
1. Add the Ice repositories to your system:
sudo yum install https://zeroc.com/download/ice/3.7/el7/ice-repo-3.7.el7.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install https://zeroc.com/download/ice/3.7/el8/ice-repo-3.7.el8.noarch.rpm
2. Install Ice:
sudo yum install ice-all-runtime ice-all-devel
sudo dnf install ice-all-runtime ice-all-devel
Refer to the package summary if you would like to install fewer packages.
The Red Hat web site provides more information about installing packages on RHEL 7 or RHEL 8.
Installing Ice on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
Follow the instructions below to install Ice on SLES 12:
1. Add the Ice repositories to your system and import the public key:
wget https://zeroc.com/download/ice/3.7/sles12/zeroc-ice3.7.repo sudo zypper addrepo zeroc-ice3.7.repo sudo sudo rpm --import https://zeroc.com/download/GPG-KEY-zeroc-release-B6391CB2CFBA643D
2. Install Ice:
sudo zypper install ice-all-runtime ice-all-devel
Refer to the package summary if you would like to install fewer packages.
Setting Up your Linux Environment to Use Ice
After installing Ice, read the relevant language-specific sections below to learn how to configure your environment and start programming with Ice.
C++
When compiling and linking Ice for C++ programs, you must pass the -pthread
option. A typical compile command would look like this:
c++ -c -std=c++11 -DICE_CPP11_MAPPING -pthread myprogram.cpp
c++ -c -pthread myprogram.cpp
If you specify a non-default C++ compilation mode for your application with the -std
option, you may need to rebuild Ice for C++98 from source. See Known Issues and Platform Notes for more information.
C++11
and C++98
in the tabs above correspond to the Ice C++ mapping you're using.
When linking a program you must link with at least the Ice library. A typical link command would look like this:
c++ -std=c++11 -o myprogram myprogram.o -pthread -lIce++11
c++ -o myprogram myprogram.o -pthread -lIce
Additional libraries are necessary if you are using an Ice service such as IceGrid or Glacier2.
PHP
The Ice extension for PHP is loaded automatically when the interpreter loads the contents of the file /etc/php.d/ice.ini
(on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Amazon Linux) or /etc/php5/conf.d/ice.ini
(on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Ubuntu). This file contains the line shown below:
extension=ice.so
You can modify this file to include additional configuration directives.
At run time, the PHP interpreter requires the Ice shared libraries.
You can verify that the Ice extension is installed properly by examining the output of the php -m
command, or by calling the phpinfo()
function from a script.
Your application will also need to include at least some of the Ice for PHP run-time source files (installed in /usr/share/php
on RHEL, Amazon Linux, and Ubuntu, and in /usr/share/php5
on SLES). This installation directory is included in PHP's default include path, which you can verify by executing the following command:
php -i | grep include_path
If the installation directory is listed, no further action is necessary to make the run-time source files available to your application. Otherwise, you can modify the include_path
setting in php.ini
to add the installation directory:
include_path = /usr/share/php:...
Another option is to modify the include path from within your script prior to including any Ice run-time file:
ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . PATH_SEPARATOR . '/usr/share/php'); require 'Ice.php'; // Load the core Ice run time definitions.
SELinux Notes (for Red Hat Enterprise Linux users)
SELinux augments the traditional Unix permissions with a number of new features. In particular, SELinux can prevent the httpd
daemon from opening network connections and reading files without the proper SELinux types.
If you suspect that your PHP application does not work due to SELinux restrictions, we recommend that you first try it with SELinux disabled. As root, run:
setenforce 0
to disable SELinux until the next reboot of your computer.
If you want to run httpd
with the Ice extension and SELinux enabled, you must do the following:
Allow httpd to open network connections:
setsebool httpd_can_network_connect=1
You can add the -P option to make this setting persistent across reboots.
Make sure any
.ice
file used by your PHP scripts can be read byhttpd
. The enclosing directory also needs to be accessible. For example:chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /opt/MyApp/slice
Using the Sample Programs on Linux
Sample programs for all programming languages are available in a separate ice-demos GitHub repository. Simply clone this repository:
git clone -b 3.7 https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice-demos.git cd ice-demos
Starting IceGrid GUI on Linux
You can launch IceGrid GUI with the icegridgui
command. IceGrid GUI is a Java-based application.
Startup Scripts for IceGrid and Glacier2 Services
All distributions include the following service configuration files:
/etc/icegridregistry.conf
/etc/icegridnode.conf
/etc/glacier2router.conf
Distributions which use sysvinit
or upstart
contain the following sample scripts:
/etc/init.d/icegridregistry
/etc/init.d/icegridnode
/etc/init.d/glacier2router
Distributions which use systemd
contain the following services:
icegridregistry.service
icegridnode.service
glacier2router.service
The installation also creates a user account and group for running these services (account ice
and group ice
), and data directories for icegridregistry
and icegridnode
(/var/lib/ice/icegrid/registry
and /var/lib/ice/icegrid/node1
).
By default, all these services are off at all runlevels. You need to manually switch on one or more runlevels, as shown below:
# # On systems using svsvinit, configure the icegridregistry to start at the # default run levels: # sudo chkconfig icegridregistry on # # On systems using systemd, start icegridregistry with the multi-user target # sudo systemctl enable icegridregistry.service
Before doing so, please review the script itself and its associated configuration file.