How To Install hgsvn on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install hgsvn on CentOS 7. hgsvn is A set of scripts to work locally on subversion checkouts using

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hgsvn on CentOS 7.

What is hgsvn

This set of scripts allows to work locally on subversion managed projects using the mercurial distributed version control system. Why use mercurial? You can do local (disconnected) work, pull the latest changes from the subversion server, manage private branches, submit patches to project maintainers, etc. And of course you have fast local operations like hg log and hg annotate.

We can use yum or dnf to install hgsvn on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hgsvn.

Install hgsvn on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install hgsvn

Install hgsvn on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install hgsvn

How To Uninstall hgsvn on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove hgsvn

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hgsvn on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.