How To Install cvs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs in Fedora 36. cvs is Concurrent Versions System

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs on Fedora 36.

What is `cvs`

CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is a version control system that can record the history of your files (usually, but not always, source code). CVS only stores the differences between versions, instead of every version of every file you have ever created. CVS also keeps a log of who, when, and why changes occurred. CVS is very helpful for managing releases and controlling the concurrent editing of source files among multiple authors. Instead of providing version control for a collection of files in a single directory, CVS provides version control for a hierarchical collection of directories consisting of revision controlled files. These directories and files can then be combined together to form a software release.

We can use yum or dnf to install cvs on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cvs.

Install cvs on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install cvs

Install cvs on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install cvs

How To Uninstall cvs on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cvs

cvs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pam.d/cvs
/etc/profile.d/cvs.csh
/etc/profile.d/cvs.sh
/usr/bin/cvs
/usr/bin/cvsbug
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/c22a851a3704ac461f6bf2fb912d864e9b8c3d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/cvs.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/cvs.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/share/doc/cvs
/usr/share/doc/cvs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cvs/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/cvs/DEVEL-CVS
/usr/share/doc/cvs/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/cvs/MINOR-BUGS
/usr/share/doc/cvs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cvs/PROJECTS
/usr/share/doc/cvs/README
/usr/share/doc/cvs/TODO
/usr/share/info/cvs.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/cvs.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/cvs.info.gz
/usr/share/info/cvsclient.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/cvs
/usr/share/licenses/cvs/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/cvs/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/cvs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/cvs.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/cvs.csh.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/cvs.sh.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/cvsbug.8.gz
/var/cvs

References

cvs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).