Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] tinycobol-0.60 installation over Mandrake Linux 9.0

[Ferran P. F. <fer...@re...>]

You have to intall the packages libdb3-dev or libdb4-dev and the packaghe
libncurses5-dev. I d'nt know the exact name of the packages in mandrake,
this are the names of the packages in debian.

> dear all,
>
> I wish to install the above version of tinycobol on my PC which has O/S as
> Mandrake Linux 9.0.
>
> But before installation of the same pl. clarify the following :
>
> upon checking the /usr/include directory, I find that neither ../db2 nor
> ../db4 directory and the file db.185_h  is there. Since it is necessary to
> have this header file to configure it as ./configure --with-libdb4=4 or
> --with-libdb2=2. Pl.guide how I can make it available in /usr/include
> directory enabling me to configure it with either of these combinations.
>
> I am a cobol programmer myself but not having any idea of using cobol on
> linux platform. I am using it on SCO-unix server which is totally
> different from it. Pl. revert soon as I am desperate to install it on my
> PC.
>
> best regards,
> malkiat
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