diff --git a/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.SlackBuild b/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.SlackBuild
index 1fab85cbe6..9bdd7b401b 100644
--- a/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for ORBit2
 
-# Copyright 2007  Daniel Liljeqvist (dasajev@gmail.com)
+# Copyright 2007-2008 Daniel Liljeqvist (dasajev@gmail.com)
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=ORBit2
-VERSION=2.14.5
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.14.16}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
 fi
 
 set -e
@@ -47,7 +50,11 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
-chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
@@ -55,7 +62,9 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
-  --disable-static
+  --disable-static \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
+  --host=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
 make install-strip DESTDIR=$PKG
diff --git a/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.info b/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.info
index 2210f39388..8fd3ec6da8 100644
--- a/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.info
+++ b/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="ORBit2"
-VERSION="2.14.5"
+VERSION="2.14.16"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnome.org/projects/ORBit2/"
-DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ORBit2/2.14/ORBit2-2.14.5.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="5b3ca3d7ed13a76c9e7bb4a890fe68af"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ORBit2/2.14/ORBit2-2.14.16.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="f4898b999f39c79d55c13c0e0f597c71"
 MAINTAINER="Daniel Liljeqvist"
 EMAIL="dasajev@gmail.com"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+APPROVED="dsomero"