How To Install gnucobol on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnucobol on Debian 12.
What is gnucobol
gnucobol is:
This is the GnuCOBOL compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
This is a dependency package providing the default GnuCOBOL compiler.
There are three methods to install gnucobol on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnucobol Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnucobol using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnucobol
Install gnucobol Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnucobol using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnucobol
Install gnucobol Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnucobol using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnucobol
How To Uninstall gnucobol on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnucobol package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnucobol
Uninstall gnucobol And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnucobol and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnucobol
Remove gnucobol Configurations and Data
To remove gnucobol configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnucobol
Remove gnucobol configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnucobol configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnucobol
Dependencies
gnucobol have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnucobol package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.