Re: Need help to install gnucobol

[Andika Triwidada]

> Amine Derk <amin...@gmail.com> (2023-02-04):
> > I'm trying to use debian for the first time. and I'm not able to install
> > Gnucobol.
> >
> > aderkaoua@LAPTOP-6B841S0M:~$ sudo apt-get install gnucobol
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > Reading state information... Done
> > *E: Unable to locate package gnucobol*
> >
> > *please advise?*
> >
> > Amine.
> > Cobol Developer
> > 571 234 9827


https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gnucobol

package gnucobol only available for Debian Buster, Testing, and Sid.
Current Debian Stable (Bullseye doesn't have it).

[Ming Kuang]

On Sunday, February 5, 2023 12:21 PM, Amine Derk wrote:
> > I'm trying to use debian for the first time. and I'm not able to install
> > Gnucobol.
> >
> > aderkaoua@LAPTOP-6B841S0M:~$ sudo apt-get install gnucobol
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > Reading state information... Done
> > *E: Unable to locate package gnucobol*
> >
> > *please advise?*

> [...]

Hi, Amine,

Did you run apt update before apt install ?
sudo apt-get update

This command downloads and builds a local cache of the list of available
packages.
When you use the apt install command, apt package manager searches
the cache to get the package and version information and then download
it from its repositories over the network. If the package is not in this cache,
your system won’t be able to install it.

[jose...@metztli.com]

On 2023-02-04 20:20, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Hi Amine,
>
> Amine Derk <amin...@gmail.com> (2023-02-04):

>> I'm trying to use debian for the first time. and I'm not able to
>> install
>> Gnucobol.
>>
>> aderkaoua@LAPTOP-6B841S0M:~$ sudo apt-get install gnucobol
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree... Done
>> Reading state information... Done
>> *E: Unable to locate package gnucobol*
>>
>> *please advise?*
>>

>> Amine.
>> Cobol Developer
>> 571 234 9827
>

> You contacted the installer team. Redirecting to the user support list.
>
>
> Cheers,

gnucobol DEB is not available in Debian 11 (Bullseye). It is,
notwithstanding, available from older Debian 10 (Buster) and/or newer
Debian 12 (Bookworm).

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[Amine Derk]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Update you soon.

[Richmond]

Amine Derk <amin...@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,

>
> I'm trying to use debian for the first time. and I'm not able to
> install Gnucobol.
>
> aderkaoua@LAPTOP-6B841S0M:~$ sudo apt-get install gnucobol
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done

> E: Unable to locate package gnucobol
>
> please advise?

>
> Amine. 
> Cobol Developer 
> 571 234 9827

I compiled gnu-cobol and have it working. I obtained:

gnucobol-3.1.2.tar.xz

tar axvf gnucobol-3.1.2.tar.xz
cd gnucobol-3.1.2
./configure
make

Probably there were errors which I fixed by installing things. See how
far you get.

[Timothy M Butterworth]

On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 2:55 PM Jerry Mellon <jfme...@netscape.net> wrote:

Hi,

I am new to Debian and I would like to install gnucobol. I see it is in
Debian 10 but not 11. I tried to download the Debian 10 gnucobol, but I
get a message that the package is broken. Could you tell me where else I
might obtain a compatible cobol compiler?

GNUCobol is packaged in Debian 12 Bookworm:

gnucobol/testing 5 amd64
 compiler package for default GnuCOBOL

gnucobol3/testing 3.1.2-5+b1 amd64
 COBOL compiler

gnucobol4/testing 4.0~early~20200606-6+b1 amd64
 COBOL compiler

Tim

 

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[Jerry Mellon]

Hi,

I am new to Debian and I would like to install gnucobol. I see it is in
Debian 10 but not 11. I tried to download the Debian 10 gnucobol, but I
get a message that the package is broken. Could you tell me where else I
might obtain a compatible cobol compiler?