Error with gmp when compiling helloworl in COBOL

Question

I want to run this hello world program, in COBOL :

Identification Division. program-id. HelloWorld.
Procedure Division.
Display 'Bonjour '.
Display 'Comment allez vous ? ' .
goback.

But, I have this error :

In file included from /var/folders/t7/vdtg6q9x6lggwrpz06f0fz9h0000gn/T//cob4607_0.c:13:
/usr/local/Cellar/open-cobol/1.1/include/libcob.h:24:10: fatal error: 'gmp.h' file not found
#include <gmp.h>
         ^
1 error generated.

To compile, I did : cobc -x -free helloworld.cob

The COBOL compiler I use is open-cobol which I installed with the following command line : brew install open-cobol.

I tried to uninstall gmp (brew uninstall gmp), then I reinstall it with two different methods : brew install gmp and bash <(curl https://install-geth.ethereum.org -L). And I still have the same error.

Rudolph

It would be good to ask this of the GnuCOBOL forum at SourceForge,Net. GnuCOBOL is the new name for OpenCOBOL. I'd also suggest upgrading to GnuCOBOL 1.1 which is more up-to-date. – Idler

Here's a current topic on osx and GnuCOBOL: sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/discussion/help/thread/101df6ee/… – Idler

Thank you for your answers. I tried to reinstall with the following line code : sudo port -v selfupdate && \ sudo port install gmp db46 gettext && \ ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-db CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include/db46" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib/db46" && \ make && \ sudo make install && \ cobc --help And I have the same error – Rudolph

Answer 1

So, first I uninstalled open-cobol (brew uninstall open-cobol) and then I installed GnuCOBOL (brew install gnu-cobol). It is the new name for OpenCobol (thanks to Bill Woodger).

I even tried to do this, but the installation was very long so I stopped it. But this is normal (!!). I found here some people who are doing the same remark : Setting up COBOL Compiler under Mac OS? (it took me 60min).

Now, I can compile with Terminal (cobc -x filename.cob && ./filename) or by using OpenCobolIDE.

Rudolph

Good work. Sorry not to be more useful, but I know zero about Macs except that they keep the rain off. – Idler