How to Install and Uninstall open-cobol Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 09,2025

1. Install "open-cobol" package

This is a short guide on how to install open-cobol on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                open-cobol
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "open-cobol" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall open-cobol on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                open-cobol
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the open-cobol package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: open-cobol
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 604
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcob1, libcob1-dev (= 1.1-2), libgmp3-dev, libltdl3-dev, libdb-dev, libncurses5-dev
Filename: pool/universe/o/open-cobol/open-cobol_1.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 207862
MD5sum: e891cc6ef2c41186b87922a79440bdee
SHA1: 2fbc9892d1a0d024525d53238399c15c3b94854a
SHA256: efdc99f628265577b214da43925c126ce9a9ba4ef4464e4ef85920e77ee9d63c
Homepage: http://www.opencobol.org/
Description: COBOL compiler
Description-md5: 18e57e364b19546b8b96a83e1db8017d