How To Install rcs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rcs on CentOS 8.
What is rcs
The Revision Control System (RCS) is a system for managing multiple versions of files. RCS automates the storage, retrieval, logging, identification and merging of file revisions. RCS is useful for text files that are revised frequently (for example, programs, documentation, graphics, papers and form letters). The rcs package should be installed if you need a system for managing different versions of files.
We can use yum or dnf to install rcs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rcs.
Install rcs on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rcs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rcs
Install rcs on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rcs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rcs
How To Uninstall rcs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rcs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rcs
rcs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/ci
/usr/bin/co
/usr/bin/ident
/usr/bin/merge
/usr/bin/rcs
/usr/bin/rcsclean
/usr/bin/rcsdiff
/usr/bin/rcsfreeze
/usr/bin/rcsmerge
/usr/bin/rlog
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/95d67ab4a3b540daa2acab06f403614d516a4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/f9ed8a03dd9fb3669f5b8ea4f3dc24a26a7459
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/a3fd30bafa1d9afae8ce30db50b412fe809261
/usr/share/doc/rcs
/usr/share/doc/rcs/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rcs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/rcs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rcs/README
/usr/share/doc/rcs/THANKS
/usr/share/info/rcs.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ci.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/co.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ident.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/merge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcsclean.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcsdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcsfreeze.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcsmerge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rlog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rcsfile.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rcs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.