How To Install cvs2cl on Fedora 34

cvs2cl is Generate ChangeLogs from CVS working copies

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs2cl on Fedora 34.

What is cvs2cl

cvs2cl generates GNU-style ChangeLogs for a CVS working copy using the output of the “cvs log” command. The script originally came from the open source CVS book at http

We can use yum or dnf to install cvs2cl on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cvs2cl.

Install cvs2cl on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cvs2cl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cvs2cl

Install cvs2cl on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cvs2cl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cvs2cl

How To Uninstall cvs2cl on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the cvs2cl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cvs2cl

cvs2cl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/cvs2cl
/usr/share/man/man1/cvs2cl.1.gz
/usr/share/xml/cvs2cl
/usr/share/xml/cvs2cl/ChangeLog.xsd
/usr/share/xml/cvs2cl/changelog-xml-schema.xdr
/usr/share/xml/cvs2cl/changelog.dtd
/usr/share/xml/cvs2cl/cl2html-ciaglia.xslt
/usr/share/xml/cvs2cl/cl2html.xslt
/usr/share/xml/cvs2cl/cl2html_rss-karaguezian.xslt
/usr/share/xml/cvs2cl/cvs2cl_ruether.xslt
/usr/share/xml/cvs2cl/filter-cvs2cl.xslt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs2cl on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.