How To Install libcob5 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob5 on Debian 12.
What is libcob5
libcob5 is:
This package contains the runtime library for gnucobol.
GnuCOBOL (formerly OpenCOBOL) is a free, modern COBOL compiler. GnuCOBOL implements a substantial part of the COBOL 85, COBOL 2002 and COBOL 2014 standards and X/Open COBOL, as well as many extensions included in other COBOL compilers (IBM COBOL, MicroFocus COBOL, ACUCOBOL-GT and others).
There are three methods to install libcob5 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 libcob5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcob5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcob5
Install libcob5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcob5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcob5
Install libcob5 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 libcob5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcob5
How To Uninstall libcob5 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcob5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcob5
Uninstall libcob5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcob5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcob5
Remove libcob5 Configurations and Data
To remove libcob5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcob5
Remove libcob5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcob5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcob5
Dependencies
libcob5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcob5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
