How To Install rcs on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rcs on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rcs.
Install rcs 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 rcs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rcs
Install rcs 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 rcs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rcs
How To Uninstall rcs on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the rcs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rcs
rcs Package Contents on Fedora 34
/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/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/43683d6a0edc136c7ee88a93bdfc84d7ffedc7
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/a2ef251e9eebf1ddf84cc6449f1bd92bc5efb7
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/342e55f7a857e66dec00471ecc079f6ac80461
/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
/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/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/bb3cfc087121acdd0d9fab690d8eec3aa36fc5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/cbaba8191dbb8734968971381b435bc4aa4203
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/d5e3af82cb0ffe2874f34e56c03c0f29ab30ea
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.