12. Installation Windows

Easy way

The simplest way to install GnuCOBOL on Windows is to use Arnold Trembley's installer. Download it from http://www.arnoldtrembley.com/GnuCOBOL-MinGw-Installer.zip. His website is http://www.arnoldtrembley.com.

Install Git from https://git-scm.com/downloads or https://msysgit.github.io/ or https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/ as you prefer.

Clone the cobol-unit-test repository: https://github.com/neopragma/cobol-unit-test.

Hard way

Follow Bill Klein's instructions to install GnuCOBOL on Windows, available at http://opencobol.add1tocobol.com/oc_gettingstarted_windows.html.

Then install Git and clone the cobol-unit-test repository as described above.

Compile the preprocessor

cd [project-home]\win
compile ZUTZCPC

(Optional) Compile sample programs

cd [project-home]\win
compile SUBPROGD
compile CICSDRIV