Install OpenCobolIDE on Gentoo

Overview

OpenCobolIDE can be installed on Gentoo by using GnuCOBOL, Qt/PyQt, and pip.

The sequence below installs the compiler, Python Qt bindings, editor dependencies, and the IDE itself.

Install GnuCOBOL, pip, PyQt5, QScintilla, setuptools, and wheel:

sudo emerge --ask \
  dev-lang/gnucobol \
  dev-python/pip \
  dev-python/pyqt5 \
  dev-python/qscintilla \
  dev-python/setuptools \
  dev-python/wheel

Install the IDE into your user environment:

pip install --user opencobolide

If needed, add ~/.local/bin to your shell PATH:

echo 'export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

OpenCobolIDE

cobc -v

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications

cat > ~/.local/share/applications/opencobolide.desktop <<'EOF'
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=OpenCobolIDE
Comment=COBOL IDE
Exec=/home/$USER/.local/bin/OpenCobolIDE
Icon=utilities-terminal
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;
EOF

pip install --user pyqode.core pyqode.qt