GnuCOBOL on WSL 2

These scripts are here to automate the installation of GnuCOBOL 3.1.2 on Windows via WSL.

Install Instructions

1. Clone the repo
2. Install WSL and Ubuntu following the instructions on the Microsoft Docs
3. Open Powershell as admin in the repo folder
4. Execute this command: powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -file "install-gnucobol.ps1"
5. Configure your UNIX username and password, if asked.
   • (OPTIONAL) Change all archive.ubuntu.com to XX.archive.ubuntu.com (where XX is the local ubuntu server from you country) in the screen and press Ctrl+X to exit and save, confirm with Y.
   • If you don't want to change the download mirrors just press Ctrl-X to skip.

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TIP: Pay attention and insert your configured UNIX password aways when asked.

TIP: When finished, you can test your instalation by compiling and executing the test.cbl (it's a simple calculator) file included by executing

wsl cobc -x test.cbl
wsl ./test

on PowerShell