How To Install libcob4 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcob4 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcob4 is COBOL compiler - runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob4 on Debian 10.

What is libcob4

libcob4 is:

This package contains the runtime library for gnucobol.

There are three methods to install libcob4 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcob4 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcob4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcob4

Install libcob4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcob4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcob4

Install libcob4 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 libcob4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcob4

How To Uninstall libcob4 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcob4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcob4

Uninstall libcob4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcob4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcob4

Remove libcob4 Configurations and Data

To remove libcob4 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcob4

Remove libcob4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcob4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcob4

Dependencies

libcob4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob4 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.