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open-cobol, a COBOL compiler i did install in my ubuntu. where is the application?

Asked by Evaldo

I did install a COBOL compiler, open-cobol using Synaptic Package Maneger. Where is this application i my unbuntu? I did try to find with commnad line sudo find . -name open-cobol -print but nothing was found. In my Synaptic screen all COBOL package is in green color. Please help to find this application on my computer, ubuntu 11.04. Thanks a lot. Evaldo

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#1

most programming languages don't have a GUI and are designed to be used from the command line. you can't find the program most likely because the file name is something other than open-cobol. try using wildcards (e.g. *cobol* ) instead.

if not, try looking in the usr and/or bin directories.

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Simon Sobisch (simonsobisch) said : 		#2

The compiler binary is `cobc`, if you want to start your COBOL programs which are compiled as modules instead of mains (which is the standard) you can use the module loader `cobcrun`.

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Simon Sobisch (simonsobisch) said : 		#3

For running GnuCOBOL (formerly OpenCOBOL) within an IDE I suggest to use OpenCobolIDE, see https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-cobol/+question/57451

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