How to Install and Uninstall open-cobol Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "open-cobol" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install open-cobol on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall open-cobol on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: open-cobol
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 553
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bart Martens
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1-1build2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcob1, libcob1-dev (= 1.1-1build2), libgmp3-dev, libltdl3-dev, libdb-dev, libncurses5-dev
Filename: pool/universe/o/open-cobol/open-cobol_1.1-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 195576
MD5sum: a43275896907897cdb0198947e7e41c1
SHA1: e8820fe8cc1750b7d350f5e6a597f26d0d1c1f9b
SHA256: 6cea6cfb3728fda701cccf8f8a8c20dac34edd5821791072d145c8866c394669
Description-en: COBOL compiler
OpenCOBOL implements substantial part of the COBOL 85 and COBOL 2002
standards, as well as many extensions of the existent compilers. OpenCOBOL
translates COBOL into C and compiles the translated code using GCC.
Description-md5: 18e57e364b19546b8b96a83e1db8017d
Homepage: http://www.opencobol.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu