Install opensource COBOL 4j v1.0.4

We have confirmed that opensource COBOL 4j v1.0.4 works on Ubuntu.

Manual install

Install dependencies

Run the following command.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install default-jdk
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential bison flex gettext texinfo libgmp-dev autoconf

Install SQLite JDBC Driver

Run the following command.

mkdir ~/.java_lib
curl -L -o ~/.java_lib/sqlite.jar https://github.com/xerial/sqlite-jdbc/releases/download/3.36.0.3/sqlite-jdbc-3.36.0.3.jar
export CLASSPATH=":$HOME/.java_lib/sqlite.jar"

Install opensource COBOL 4j

curl -L -o opensourcecobol4j-v1.0.4.tar.gz https://github.com/opensourcecobol/opensourcecobol4j/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.4.tar.gz
tar zxvf opensourcecobol4j-v1.0.4.tar.gz
cd opensourcecobol4j-v1.0.4
./configure --prefix=/usr/
make
sudo make isntall
cp libcobj/build/libcobj.jar ~/.java_lib

Set $CLASSPATH

Add ~/.java_lib/libcobj.jar and ~/.java_lib/sqlite.jar to the environment variable $CLASSPATH.

Install with Docker

We will publish the docker container of opensource COBOL 4j v1.0.4 soon.