Download and install isCOBOL Evolve

Windows

1.	If you haven't already done so, Download and install the Java Development Kit (JDK) .

2.	Go to "http://www.veryant.com/support".

3.	Sign in with your User ID and Password.

4.	Click on the "Download Software" link.

5.	Scroll down to the list of files for Windows x64 64-bit or Windows x86 32-bit. Select isCOBOLyyyyR_n_Windowsarc.exe, where yyyy is the year, r is the release number, n is the build number and arc is the system architecture.

6.	Run the downloaded installer to install the files.

Note - If your Windows has the option "Run as Administrator", you should run the setup with that option, otherwise the setting of environment variables might silently fail. Environment variables setting is not necessary if you work from the isCOBOL Shell (explained later).

7.	Select "isCOBOL Compiler and Runtime Environment" from the list of products when prompted.

8.	Select your JDK when prompted

9.	Provide license keys when prompted

Note - You can skip license activation and perform it later, as explained in Activate the License.

 

UNIX/Linux

1.	If you haven't already done so, Download and install the Java Development Kit (JDK) .

2.	Go to "http://www.veryant.com/support".

3.	Sign in with your User ID and Password.

4.	Click on the "Download Software" link.

5.	Scroll down, and select the appropriate .tar.gz file for the product and platform you require.

6.	Extract all contents of the archive. For example, on Linux 32-bit:

gunzip isCOBOL_2017_R2_*_Linux.32.i586.tar.gz tar -xvf isCOBOL_2017_R2_*_Linux.32.i586.tar

7.	Change to the "isCOBOL2017R2" folder and run "./setup" (if available), you will obtain the following output:

===============================================================================                              isCOBOL EVOLVE Installation                            For isCOBOL Release 2017R2                         Copyright (c) 2005 - 2017 Veryant   ===============================================================================   Install Components:       [1] isCOBOL Compiler (includes [2] & [3])............. (yes)     [2] isCOBOL Runtime Environment (includes [3])........ (no)     [3] isCOBOL Thin Client............................... (no)     [4] isCOBOL Server.................................... (no)     [5] isCOBOL Load Balancer............................. (no)     [6] isCOBOL Remote Compiler........................... (no)     [7] isCOBOL Database Bridge........................... (no)     [8] isCOBOL EIS....................................... (no)     [9] isCOBOL Mobile.................................... (no)   Install Path:     [P] isCOBOL parent directory: UserHome   JDK Path:     [J] JDK install directory: JavaHome   [S] Start Install        [Q] Quit   ============================================================================== Please press [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 P J S Q ]

The following text depends on the current environment:

UserHome	current user home directory
JavaHome	current JDK/JRE directory detected by the setup script

8.	(optional) Type "P", then press Enter to provide a custom installation path, if you don’t want to keep the default one.

9.	Type "S", then press Enter to start the installation.

 

The setup script might not be available for your Unix platform or you might want to avoid it. In this case you can just extract the tgz in the destination folder. If you do in this way, then the following environment variables must be set in the system in order to compile, run and debug: ISCOBOL_JDK_ROOT (or ISCOBOL_JRE_ROOT), ISCOBOL, LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH.

ISCOBOL_JDK_ROOT	root directory of a Java JDK. I’ts required to compile, run and debug
ISCOBOL_JRE_ROOT	root directory of a Java JRE. Can be used instead of JDK if you don’t need to compile
ISCOBOL	root directory of isCOBOL. The directory where you extracted the tgz
LD_LIBRARY_PATH	the isCOBOL native/lib directory must be added here
PATH	The isCOBOL bin directory must be added here

For example, if you install isCOBOL in "/opt/isCOBOL" and your JDK is in "/opt/java/jdk1.8.0":

export ISCOBOL=/opt/isCOBOL export ISCOBOL_JDK_ROOT=/opt/java/jdk1.8.0 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ISCOBOL/native/lib export PATH=$ISCOBOL/bin:$PATH

Other Unix

isCOBOL for UNIX-like environments is distributed in a tar file. The name of the file is isCOBOL_Version_Platform.tar.gz. For example, isCOBOL 2017 R2 for Sun Solaris 32 bit is contained in a file called isCOBOL_2017_R2_build-number_release-date_revision-number_SunOS.32.tar.gz.

Currently available platforms are:

•	FreeBSD (64 bit)

•	HP HPUX (Itanium - 32 bit)

•	HP HPUX (Itanium - 64 bit)

•	IBM AIX 5 (32 bit)

•	IBM AIX 5 (64 bit)

•	Mac OSX (64 bit)

•	Sun Solaris (SPARC - 32 bit)

•	Sun Solaris (SPARC - 64 bit)

For any other UNIX platform the MULTI setup can be used.

Extract the tar with the following command

gunzip isCOBOL_Version_multi.tar.gz tar -xvf isCOBOL_Version_multi.tar

These two files are extracted:

o	isCOBOL_Version.tar

o

setup

Run the setup

./setup

The setup script produces an output like:

===============================================================================   isCOBOL EVOLVE Installation   For isCOBOL Release Version   Copyright (c) 2005 - 2017 Veryant   ===============================================================================   Install Components:   [1] isCOBOL Evolve platform independent files......... (yes)   [2] isCOBOL ISAM Client component..................... (yes)   Generate Components:   [3] isCOBOL native libraries.......................... (no)   [4] isCOBOL support for dummy terminal................ (no)   [5] isCOBOL File Connectors........................... (no)   Platform:   [6] Operating System to generate...................... (Platform)   Install Path:   [7] isCOBOL parent directory: UserHome   JDK Path:   [8] JDK install directory: JavaHome   [S] Start Install [Q] Quit   ==============================================================================   Please press [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 S Q ]

The following text depends on the current environment:

Version	version of the isCOBOL components installed by the setup
Platform	current operating system detected by the setup script
UserHome	current user home directory
JavaHome	current JDK/JRE directory detected by the setup script

If points 1 to 8 contain accurate information, you can start the installation process by typing “S” and pressing Enter.

If you want to change any of the points, type the corresponding number and press Enter, then answer to the question. The output shown in the above snippet will be updated to reflect the change you made.

For example, if you want to avoid the generation of isCOBOL ISAM Client component

1.

type “2”

2.	press Enter

3.

type “N”

4.	press Enter

When every setting reflect your needs, type “S” and press Enter to start the installation process.

Point 1 can’t be changed while point 6 shouldn’t be set to an operating system different than the one where we’re running the script.

A C compiler is required for generating components (points 3 to 5).

If the MULTI setup completes without error, the following folder is generated:

isCOBOLVersion     bin     etc     include     javadoc     lib     native     sample

The content of the folders varies depending on the choices you made before issuing the “S” command.

Distribution Files

For information on a specific distribution file, please see the README file installed with the product.