Running the alternative utility
To install COBOL for Linux® on x86 using
the default installation procedure, the rpm
utility is the alternative utility on
RHEL or SLES, and the dpkg
utility is the alternative utility
on Ubuntu.
On RHEL
- Install the prerequisite software packages using this
command:
sudo dnf install gcc glibc.i686 glibc-devel.i686 libgcc.i686 libstdc++.i686 libquadmath.i686
- Ensure that your current working directory contains all of the packages for COBOL for Linux on x86 1.2 from either the DVD, .iso image,
or electronic image, and then install the compiler packages into the default location,
/opt/ibm, the compiler runtime package into the default location,
/opt/ibm/cobol/rte, and the debug engine into the default location,
/opt/ibm/cobol/debug:
- For users with physical media: If the product DVD or .iso image is mounted on the
/cdrom directory in the system, issue the following
commands:
cd /cdrom rpm -Uvh ./images/rhel/*.rpm
- For users with an electronic download: If the tar.gz archive is located in the current
directory, issue the following
commands:
tar -xvzf package_name.tar.gz rpm -Uvh ./images/rhel/*.rpm
- For users with physical media: If the product DVD or .iso image is mounted on the
/cdrom directory in the system, issue the following
commands:
On SLES
- Install the prerequisite software packages using this
command:
sudo dnf install gcc glibc glibc-devel libgcc libstdc++
- Ensure that your current working directory contains all of the packages for COBOL for Linux on x86 1.2 from either the DVD, .iso image,
or electronic image, and then install the compiler packages into the default location,
/opt/ibm, the compiler runtime package into the default location,
/opt/ibm/cobol/rte, and the debug engine into the default location,
/opt/ibm/cobol/debug:
- For users with physical media: If the product DVD or .iso image is mounted on the
/cdrom directory in the system, issue the following
commands:
cd /cdrom rpm -Uvh ./images/sles/*.rpm
- For users with an electronic download: If the tar.gz archive is located in the current
directory, issue the following
commands:
tar -xvzf package_name.tar.gz rpm -Uvh ./images/sles/*.rpm
- For users with physical media: If the product DVD or .iso image is mounted on the
/cdrom directory in the system, issue the following
commands:
On Ubuntu
- Install the prerequisite software packages using Advanced Package Tool (apt):
sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib gcc ibc6-dev libgcc1 libstdc++6 libc6:i386 libc6-dev:i386 libgcc1:i386 libstdc++6:i386
- Ensure that your current working directory contains all of the packages for COBOL for Linux on x86 1.2 from either the DVD, .iso image,
or electronic image, and then install the compiler packages into the default location,
/opt/ibm, the compiler runtime package into the default location,
/opt/ibm/cobol/rte, and the debug engine into the default location,
/opt/ibm/cobol/debug:
- For users with physical media: If the product DVD or .iso image is mounted on the
/cdrom directory in the system, issue the following
commands:
cd /cdrom dpkg -iG ./images/ubuntu/*.deb
- For users with an electronic download: If the tar.gz archive is located in the current
directory, issue the following
commands:
tar -xvzf package_name.tar.gz dpkg -iG ./images/ubuntu/*.deb
- For users with physical media: If the product DVD or .iso image is mounted on the
/cdrom directory in the system, issue the following
commands:
What to do next
After you complete the previous steps, proceed to Post-installation setup tasks such as Querying for installed packages, Setting environment variables, or Compiling a Hello World program to test the compiler installation.