Hi Chris, In CentOS 6.2: yum install gmp gmp-devel libtool ncurses ncurses-devel ncurses-libs yum install libdbi libdbi-devel libtool-ltdl libtool-ltdl-devel db4 db4-devel (I think I had all but db4-devel pre-installed, not sure now) cd /opt wget http://www.sim-basis.de/open-cobol-1.1.tar.gz tar -xzvf open-cobol-1.1.tar.gz cd open-cobol-1.1 ./configure make make check make install I have not tested past this; if you send me a small program I could try to run it. regards, Jesus On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:26 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Please don't top post. > > Singer X.J. Wang wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:04, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >>> Chris Geldenhuis wrote: >>> > >>> > Has anyone on this list had any success with installing and using Open >>> > Cobol on RH or CentOS? >>> > >>> > Any pointers would be very welcome. >>> > >>> > I have Googled and am working with Vince on the Open Cobol mailing >>> list >>> > to try to resolve installation problems. >>> >>> *sigh* >>> <pulls brown paper bag over head> >>> ObAdmission: I wrote *way* too much COBOL a long time ago, in a galaxy >>> far >>> away.... >>> >>> It really is past time to migrate to another language, y'know. You could >>> probably move it to something like perl fairly easily, or even *bleah* >>> java. > >> Yes, lets move millions of lines of tested business code to Perl... and >> what testing? we don't need to test it. > > Why on *earth* would you think I would suggest not testing? Rather, if it > were up to me, I'd run them in parallel for a year (so as to include > year-end closing). > > Among the reasons I suggest it is to > a) get rid of the tested spaghetti code (and yes, I've maintained crap > like that, though not in a lot of years, thankfully); > b) structure it using control structures that all modern language have > (as opposed to, say, > PERFORM 1500-DUMMY-PARAGRAPH THROUGH 1500-DUMMY-PARAGRAPH-EXIT VARYING I > FROM 1 WHILE I < 200, which yes, I left a lot of behind me, faking > for/next loops that way), and, finally, > c) it's getting harder and harder to find anyone who knows COBOL, since > it's not a required course, and hasn't been for a lot of years.... > > mark > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos