Install openwatcom-1.9 on Linux

download-ow1.9.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Download open watcom 1.9 from sourceforge.
#
# Requires curl or wget
FILENAME="open-watcom-c-linux-1.9"
URL="https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/openwatcom/open-watcom-1.9/$FILENAME"

# Check if curl is available
if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "Downloading $FILENAME"
    curl -s -OL "$URL"
elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "Downloading $FILENAME"
    wget -q "$URL"
else
    echo "Install curl or wget and re-run or manually download the file $FILENAME, from"
    echo $URL
    echo 1
fi

chmod +x $FILENAME

install-ow1.9.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Unattended install of openwatcom 1.9
# 
# ./install-ow1.9.sh
#
# Ensure open-watcom-c-linux-1.9 is in current directory before running.
#
# 
# TERM=vt100 is set to avoid a floating point error in the installer, that
# makes it harder to use in modern terminal emulators - but that doesn't
# matter here as we do an unattended install.
#
OWINST_FILENAME="open-watcom-c-linux-1.9"
OWINST_URL="https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/openwatcom/open-watcom-1.9/open-watcom-c-linux-1.9"
OWINST_DEST="/opt/openwatcom-1.9"
OWINST_OVERRIDE_FILE="override.inf"

# User may pass an installer file, e.g. ./install-ow1 ~/Downloads/open-watcom-c-linux-1.9
if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
    OWINST_FILENAME=$1
fi

if [ ! -f "$OWINST_FILENAME" ]; then
    echo "No installer found at $OWINST_FILENAME"
    echo "Either pass the filename on the commandline"
    echo "The installer can be downloaded from:"
    echo "$OWINST_URL"
    exit 1
fi

if [ ! -x "$OWINST_FILENAME" ]; then
    echo "The installer $OWINST_FILENAME is not executable."
    echo "Please make it executable using the command: chmod +x $OWINST_FILENAME"
    exit 1
fi

PARENT_DIR=$(dirname "$OWINST_DEST")
if [ ! -d "$PARENT_DIR" ]; then
    echo "The parent directory $PARENT_DIR of the destination does not exist."
    exit 1
fi

if [ ! -w "$PARENT_DIR" ]; then
    SUDO=sudo
else
    SUDO=""
fi

# Perform tilde expansion because openwatcom-1.9 installer support tilde expansion in DstDir:
eval OWINST_DEST=$OWINST_DEST

TERM=vt100 $SUDO ./"$OWINST_FILENAME" -f="$OWINST_OVERRIDE_FILE" -dDstDir="$OWINST_DEST" -s

override.inf

# Install all models of libs
ms=true
mm=true
mc=true
ml=true
mh=true
# Install C++ development support
cplusplus=true
# Install only Linux host and target
lnxhost=true
lnxtarg=true
# Install PDF documentation
pdf_helpfiles=true
# Install sample source code
samples=true
# Install Novell NLM target files
nlmtarg=true
# Install RDOS host tools
rdoshost=true
# Install RDOS target files
rdostarg=true
# Install run-time library startup source
rtsource=true