Hi Chris,
In CentOS 6.2:
yum install gmp gmp-devel libtool ncurses ncurses-devel ncurses-libs
yum install libdbi libdbi-devel libtool-ltdl libtool-ltdl-devel db4 db4-devel
(I think I had all but db4-devel pre-installed, not sure now)
cd /opt
wget http://www.sim-basis.de/open-cobol-1.1.tar.gz
tar -xzvf open-cobol-1.1.tar.gz
cd open-cobol-1.1
./configure
make
make check
make install
I have not tested past this; if you send me a small program I could
try to run it.
regards,
Jesus
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:26 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Please don't top post.
>
> Singer X.J. Wang wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:04, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Chris Geldenhuis wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Has anyone on this list had any success with installing and using Open
>>> > Cobol on RH or CentOS?
>>> >
>>> > Any pointers would be very welcome.
>>> >
>>> > I have Googled and am working with Vince on the Open Cobol mailing
>>> list
>>> > to try to resolve installation problems.
>>>
>>> *sigh*
>>> <pulls brown paper bag over head>
>>> ObAdmission: I wrote *way* too much COBOL a long time ago, in a galaxy
>>> far
>>> away....
>>>
>>> It really is past time to migrate to another language, y'know. You could
>>> probably move it to something like perl fairly easily, or even *bleah*
>>> java.
>
>> Yes, lets move millions of lines of tested business code to Perl... and
>> what testing? we don't need to test it.
>
> Why on *earth* would you think I would suggest not testing? Rather, if it
> were up to me, I'd run them in parallel for a year (so as to include
> year-end closing).
>
> Among the reasons I suggest it is to
> a) get rid of the tested spaghetti code (and yes, I've maintained crap
> like that, though not in a lot of years, thankfully);
> b) structure it using control structures that all modern language have
> (as opposed to, say,
> PERFORM 1500-DUMMY-PARAGRAPH THROUGH 1500-DUMMY-PARAGRAPH-EXIT VARYING I
> FROM 1 WHILE I < 200, which yes, I left a lot of behind me, faking
> for/next loops that way), and, finally,
> c) it's getting harder and harder to find anyone who knows COBOL, since
> it's not a required course, and hasn't been for a lot of years....
>
> mark
> mark
>
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