How To Install libcob on Fedora 34

libcob is GnuCOBOL runtime library GnuCOBOL runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob on Fedora 34.

What is libcob

GnuCOBOL runtime library. Runtime libraries for GnuCOBOL libcob 3.1.2 2.fc34 x86_64 196 k gnucobol-3.1.2-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora GnuCOBOL runtime library https LGPLv3+ GnuCOBOL runtime library. Runtime libraries for GnuCOBOL

We can use yum or dnf to install libcob on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcob.

Install libcob on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libcob using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcob

Install libcob on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libcob using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcob

How To Uninstall libcob on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libcob package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libcob

libcob Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/509ec3a62b52e946abc80a18c95f5fa57517ed
/usr/lib/gnucobol/CBL_OC_DUMP.so
/usr/lib/libcob.so.4
/usr/lib/libcob.so.4.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libcob
/usr/share/licenses/libcob/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/e92eb3f020a87c837474b268cbe5eeed44ab71
/usr/lib64/gnucobol/CBL_OC_DUMP.so
/usr/lib64/libcob.so.4
/usr/lib64/libcob.so.4.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/libcob
/usr/share/licenses/libcob/COPYING.LESSER

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.