How To Install cvs-contrib on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs-contrib on Rocky Linux 8. cvs-contrib is Unsupported contributions collected by CVS developers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs-contrib on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cvs-contrib

Scripts sent to CVS developers by contributors around the world. These contributions are really unsupported.

We can use yum or dnf to install cvs-contrib on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cvs-contrib.

Install cvs-contrib on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install cvs-contrib

Install cvs-contrib on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install cvs-contrib

How To Uninstall cvs-contrib on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cvs-contrib

cvs-contrib Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rcs2log
/usr/share/cvs
/usr/share/cvs/contrib
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/README
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/check_cvs
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/clmerge
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/cln_hist
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/commit_prep
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/cvs2vendor
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/cvs_acls
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/cvscheck
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/debug_check_log
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/intro.doc
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/log
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/log_accum
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/mfpipe
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/pvcs2rcs
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/rcs-to-cvs
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/rcs2log
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/rcslock
/usr/share/cvs/contrib/sccs2rcs

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs-contrib on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.