How To Install libcob on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob on CentOS 7. libcob is GnuCOBOL runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob on CentOS 7.

What is libcob

GnuCOBOL runtime library. Runtime libraries for GnuCOBOL

We can use yum or dnf to install libcob on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcob.

Install libcob on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libcob

Install libcob on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install libcob

How To Uninstall libcob on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libcob

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.