Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux

Windows Subsystem for Linux®, with GNU Compiler Collection support, is required to use the COBOL support in the Rule Designer.

About this task

To work with COBOL in Rule Designer, you must install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) support.

Procedure

To install WSL:

  1. From a Windows terminal, run the following command to install WSL: 
    wsl --install
  2. In the Windows terminal, run the following command to start the WSL terminal: 
    wsl
  3. In the WSL terminal, run the following command to install GCC: 
    sudo apt install gcc

Results

If you have trouble configuring WSL or GCC for Rule Designer, see You cannot use the Windows Subsystem for Linux COBOL compiler.