Updating from evaluation version to the official version

You can upgrade the evaluation version of the compiler to the licensed version by installing the licensed product on top of the evaluation package. By following the installation procedure for the licensed product package, you can install the compiler license. Shared filesets between the evaluation and licensed versions are reported as already installed.

On RHEL or SLES

If you are using the evaluation version of COBOL for Linux® on x86 compiler on RHEL or SLES, use one of the following options to upgrade it to a full product version:
  • Use install to install the full product version of the COBOL for Linux on x86 as described in Default installation.
  • Alternatively, upgrade your evaluation version by installing the license packages using the following command:
    rpm -Uvh cobol.cmp.license.1.2.0-*.x86-64.rpm

On Ubuntu

If you are using the evaluation version of COBOL for Linux on x86 on Ubuntu, use one of the following options to upgrade it to a full product version:
  • Use install to install the full product version of the COBOL for Linux on x86 as described in Default installation.
  • Alternatively, upgrade your evaluation version by installing the license packages using the following command:
    dpkg -iG cobol.cmp.license.1.2.0_*_x86-64.deb