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Unable to install Visual COBOL PE Ubuntu 11.0 due to Windows-RPv1 license XML in download

  • June 11, 2026
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eiji

Hi everyone,

I downloaded Visual COBOL for Eclipse Personal Edition Ubuntu 11.0.zip, but I am unable to complete the installation because of a license issue.

The bundled license XML file appears to contain the following License Group:

Visual COBOL for Eclipse Personal Edition_Windows-RPv1

Since this is the Ubuntu/Linux download, I expected the license file to be for Ubuntu or Linux, not Windows.

Has anyone else seen this issue with the Ubuntu 11.0 Personal Edition download?

Is this Windows-RPv1 license XML actually valid for Ubuntu/Linux, or is the wrong license file included in the download package?

If this is not the correct file, how can I obtain the correct Ubuntu/Linux Personal Edition license XML?

Thanks.

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Chris Glazier
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I have checked on this and yes, the license file with the Windows name will work on Ubuntu as they are the same.


eiji
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  • June 15, 2026

Hello ​@Chris Glazier,
Thank you for your reply.

Visual COBOL for Eclipse 11.0 (Personal Edition) — "License failure: no license available" on Ubuntu

Fresh install of Visual COBOL for Eclipse 11.0 PE on Ubuntu 22.04. Product installed fine (cob -V → 11.0.0.84), license installed via cesadmintool.sh (option 4) and shows correctly under "Check License Status" (RPlocal, 563 days left). Both daemons (mfcesd + rocketpassdaemon) are running.

But compiling fails:

*1889-S  ** License failure: no license available.
At the same moment, rocketpass-daemon.log shows the license file IS read (4 licenses), then throws:

[ERROR] ClientHandler - [processReportLicenseAction] :: No licenses found in license file
com.hp.autopassj.exception.AutopassJException: null
    at ...LicenseHandler.reportLicense(LicenseHandler.java:742)
    at ...LicenseHandler.reportLicense(LicenseHandler.java:710)
    at ...Rocketpass.reportLicense(Rocketpass.java:849)
    at ...ClientHandler.processReportLicenseAction(ClientHandler.java:268)

Q: What makes reportLicense throw AutopassJException: null even though the 4 licenses load? Is online usage reporting required for checkout?


Chris Glazier
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It sounds like perhaps I was given some bad information. Let me work on getting you the correct license.


Chris Glazier
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I tested the same license file that we distribute for VCPE Eclipse Ubuntu on a new Ubuntu installation and it worked perfectly. I have no other reports from other customers regarding the errors that you are receiving.

Did you have a previous version of Visual COBOL Eclipse or DevHub installed on this same computer?
Is this Ubuntu installed in WSL or a container, etc?

Can you please zip up the license file and send it to cglazier@rocketsoftware.com so that i may take a look?

Thanks