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Compile gnuCOBOL 2.2
download manually gnuCOBOL-2.2_win.7z and place it in your cygwin /tmp directory:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-cobol/files/gnu-cobol/2.2/gnucobol-2.2_win.7z/download
Compile the Sources
Open a cygwin terminal and type these commands to compile and install gnuCOBOL:
cd /tmp/gnucobol-2.2 && ./configure && make && make check && make install
Test your Install
Compilation and installation is done, now you can test your COBOL compiler.
Test cobc version:
cobc -v
Create a test file
vi myFirstCob.cob
$ cobc -x -free myFirstCob.cob
$ ./myFirstCob
