Download and install isCOBOL Evolve

Windows

1.	If you haven't already done so, Download and install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

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 Server" from the list of products when prompted.

8.	Select your JDK/JRE when prompted

9.

Choose if you want to install the Application Server as a system service or not. If you don’t install the service, you will have to start the Application Server in foreground mode from a command prompt as explained in Usage of isCOBOL Server. See Windows service for details about the system service.

10.	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 Runtime Environment (JRE).

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 ]

8.	Type "4", then press Enter to select isCOBOL Server.

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

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

 

Note - if the setup script is not available for your Unix platform or you don’t want to use it, just extract the tgz content to the folder where you want isCOBOL to be installed.

isCOBOL Evolve for UNIX/Linux provides shell scripts in the isCOBOL "bin" directory for compiling, running, and debugging programs. These scripts make use of two environment variables, ISCOBOL to locate the isCOBOL installation directory and ISCOBOL_JDK_ROOT to locate the JDK installation directory. To use these scripts set these environment variables and add the isCOBOL "bin" directory to your PATH.

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 PATH=$ISCOBOL/bin:$PATH

Distribution Files

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