How To Install git-cvs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-cvs on Debian 12.
What is git-cvs
git-cvs is:
Git is popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is used for many high profile open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.
Git falls in the category of distributed source code management tools. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.
This package provides the git cvsimport, cvsexportcommit, and cvsserver tools, which allow Git to read from and write to CVS repositories and offer access over CVS protocol to Git repositories.
The git cvsimport tool can incrementally import from a repository that is being actively developed and only requires remote access over CVS protocol. Unfortunately, in many situations the import leads to incorrect results. For reliable, one-shot imports, cvs2git from the cvs2svn package or parsecvs may be a better fit.
There are three methods to install git-cvs on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install git-cvs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install git-cvs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-cvs
Install git-cvs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-cvs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-cvs
Install git-cvs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install git-cvs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-cvs
How To Uninstall git-cvs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the git-cvs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-cvs
Uninstall git-cvs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-cvs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-cvs
Remove git-cvs Configurations and Data
To remove git-cvs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-cvs
Remove git-cvs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-cvs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-cvs
Dependencies
git-cvs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-cvs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
