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Stable releases and CVS snapshots sources for the TinyCOBOL compiler are available.

Current and some previous releases are available at SourceForge.net .

Current and the older sources and binaries can be downloaded in TinyCOBOL project downloads area

How get a stable release copy of the TinyCOBOL:

Verify if your system does have the needed packages.
Select the appropriate platform in download list and use the release notes as a guide to select the appropriate file.

Requirements

To create a binary executable from COBOL sources using the TinyCOBOL compiler, the following should be installed in your system:

The TinyCOBOL compiler binary and run-time library
Berkeley's DB library (version 1.85.4 or later)
The New Curses Library(PDCurses using MinGW)
GNU C Compiler(Cygwin or MinGW on Win32)

To compile the TinyCOBOL compiler and run-time library and from the sources, the following must be installed on your system:

The TinyCOBOL compiler source code
GNU Flex or equivalent LEX tool
GNU Bison or Berkeley's Yacc (version 1.9.3)
GNU C Compiler (Cygwin or MinGW on Win32)
Berkeley's DB library (version 1.85.4 or later)
The New Curses library(PDCurses using MinGW)
The Getopt library(GNU or Berkeley's version)
GNU Make utility
GNU text utilities(TextUtils) or equivalent
A POSIX (UN*X like) shell interpreter

Download List

File	Description
tinycobol-0.63.tar.gz	Source code
Not Avaliable	RPM (version 4) source code
Not Avaliable	Sample code sources (3)
Not Avaliable	Linux RPM (version 4) binary (1)(2)
Not Avaliable	Linux Debian binary (1)(2)
Not Avaliable	FreeBSD binary (5)
Not Avaliable	BeOS binary (6)
Not Avaliable	Win32 Cygwin binary (1)(2)
tinycobol-0.63-1.mingw.exe	Win32 MinGW binary (1)(2)(4)

Release Notes

Sample COBOL code sources and Regression test suite sources are not included in distribution.
Utility programs binaries are not included in distribution.
Sample COBOL code sources are included in source distribution.
Win32 Inno setup and install executable.
The FreeBSD port is a available.
The BeOS port is a available courtesy of Matt Verran.

topic CVS Snapshots:

If you have CVS installed on your system, TinyCOBOL's CVS repository can be checked out via the anonymous CVS (pserver) server, using the following commands.

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.tiny-cobol.sf.net:/cvsroot/tiny-cobol login

When prompted for a password for anonymous, simply press the Enter key.

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.tiny-cobol.sf.net:/cvsroot/tiny-cobol co development

The module you wish to check out must be specified as the modulename (Avaliable modules: development, samples and web).

The latest CVS development version can be browsed on the CVS repository web page on SourceForge.net

topic Needed Packages:

Berkeley's DB library

Important Note:
The TinyCOBOL uses Berkeley's DB library (1.85 API) for all file I/O. While it is recommended that version 1.85.4 is used, any version 1.85 to 4.x can be used. Note that which ever version used, only the 1.85 API is used, so upgrading to the latest release is unnecessary. Some users have run into problems trying to compile version 1.85.4 with recent versions of GCC (libc6). In an effort to simplify installation, libc6 binaries and source RPMs have been provided. Note that these binaries have not been fully tested so please report any problems to the mailing list.

Important Note:

The TinyCOBOL uses Berkeley's DB library (1.85 API) for all file I/O.

While it is recommended that version 1.85.4 is used, any version 1.85 to 4.x can be used.

Note that which ever version used, only the 1.85 API is used, so upgrading to the latest release is unnecessary.

Some users have run into problems trying to compile version 1.85.4 with recent versions of GCC (libc6).

In an effort to simplify installation, libc6 binaries and source RPMs have been provided.

Note that these binaries have not been fully tested so please report any problems to the mailing list.

File	Description
db-1.85.4-src.tar.gz	Source code 1.85.4
db1-1.85.4-8.src.rpm	Source code 1.85.4 in RPM (version 4) format
db-1.86.tar.gz	Source code 1.86 ported to Cygwin
db.1.85-src-ac.tgz	Source code 1.85 ported to MinGW
db1-1.85.4-8.i386.rpm	Linux RPM (version 4) libc6 binary
db1-devel-1.85.4-8.i386.rpm	Linux RPM (version 4) libc6 binary
db-1.86-1.cygwin.tar.gz	Win32 Cygwin binary
db-1.85-ac.mingw32.zip	Win32 MinGW binary

The latest source (version 2.x or later) can be downloaded from Sleepycat Software.

Berkeley's YACC

Important Note:
Effective with version 0.56, the TinyCOBOL compiler default parser is Bison. Berkeley's YACC (byacc) version 1.9.3 is now an option. Version 1.9.3 of YACC (byacc), which is available on this web page (see below), has been modified to handle huge grammars such as COBOL. Using previous versions of Berkeley's YACC on the TinyCOBOL grammar, will result in an abort on a table overflow error.

Important Note:

Effective with version 0.56, the TinyCOBOL compiler default parser is Bison.

Berkeley's YACC (byacc) version 1.9.3 is now an option.

Version 1.9.3 of YACC (byacc), which is available on this web page (see below), has been modified to handle huge grammars such as COBOL.

Using previous versions of Berkeley's YACC on the TinyCOBOL grammar, will result in an abort on a table overflow error.

File	Description
yacc-1.9.3-1.tar.gz	Source code
Not Avaliable	RPM source code
byacc-1.9.3-21bw.src.rpm	RPM (version 4) source code from bitWalk
Not Avaliable	Linux RPM libc5 binary
Not Avaliable	Linux RPM libc6 binary
byacc-1.9.3-21bw.i386.rpm	Linux RPM (version 4) binary from bitWalk
Not Avaliable	Linux Debian libc6 binary
yacc-1.9.3-1.cygwin.zip	Win32 Cygwin binary
yacc-1.9.3-1.mingw32.zip	Win32 MinGW binary