Determining the installation procedure
You must choose either the default or nondefault installation procedure to install the compiler.
- Default installation
- Installs IBM® COBOL for Linux® on x86 1.1 to the default directory, /opt/ibm/cobol/1.1.0. It is highly recommended that you install IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 1.1 to the default location by following the procedure provided in Default installation.
- Nondefault installation
- Installs IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 1.1 to a nondefault
location. You must use the nondefault installation procedures provided in Nondefault installation if any of the following scenarios applies to you:
- You want to install IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 to a nondefault location.
- You want to try out a new update of the compiler before removing an existing installation from the default location.
Notes:
- The COBOL Runtime Environment package is always installed in /opt/ibm/cobol/rte, regardless of whether the default or nondefault installation procedure is selected. The COBOL Runtime Environment is backward compatible. COBOL applications built with older versions of the compiler runs with newer versions of the COBOL Runtime Environment.
- The COBOL debug engine package is always installed in /opt/ibm/cobol/debug, regardless of whether the default or nondefault installation procedure is selected.