Installing in an Ubuntu WSL2 on Windows

Prerequisites

You need to have a new instance of a Ubuntu 20.04 WSL2 running on Windows.

1. In Windows, open the Ubuntu WSL2 console.
2. Download and install Java. Eclipse supports versions 17 or 21.
3. Create a symbolic link in Ubuntu from java-install-dir/bin/java to /usr/bin/java.

   This enables the installer to locate Java when you run commands as the root user.

4. Execute the following commands to install the prerequisites for Visual COBOL:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install libgc1c2
   sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-0
   sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin
   sudo apt-get install unzip
   sudo apt-get install xterm
   sudo apt-get install nasm
   sudo apt-get install gcc

Installing the product

• To install the product, execute:

  sudo ./setup_visualcobol_deveclipse_24.3_ubuntu_x64

• Follow the rest of the instructions in these Install Notes to license the product, and to set the environment.

Known issues in Ubuntu running on Windows 11

• The Eclipse icon in the Windows Start menu does not work.
• If you reset Ubuntu 20.04 WSL2, the Micro Focus icons created in Ubuntu are not removed from the Start menu.