Problem:

When installing Server Express v5.0 on LINUX the following error occurs:

"bin/cobconvstrtest: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc .so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

This error message occurs when the target machine is setup to run only as 64-bit.   That is, the target machine does not have the gcc 32-bit installed.

The Server Express V5.0 product for LINUX is a dual mode product it supports both 32 bit and 64 COBOL applications. The Install script is searching for the 32 bit gcc libraries.   During installation of Server Express v5.0 the installat script looks for libstdc .so.6 in /usr/lib.  If the operating system on the target machine is 64-bit only, then the 64-bit gcc (libstdc .so.6) is installed in /usr/lib64 and the 32-bit libraries are not installed.

Resolution:

The resolution is to download and install the 32-bit version of gcc.  The 32-bit version of  libstdc .so.6 will be installed in /usr/lib.