How To Install kdesvn on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesvn on CentOS 8. kdesvn is Subversion client for KDE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesvn on CentOS 8.

What is kdesvn

KDESvn is a frontend to the subversion vcs. In difference to most other tools it uses the subversion C-Api direct via a c++ wrapper made by Rapid SVN and doesn’t parse the output of the subversion client. So it is a real client itself instead of a frontend to the command line tool. It is designed for the K-Desktop environment and uses all of the goodies it has. It is planned for future that based on the native client some plugins for konqueror and/or kate will made.

We can use yum or dnf to install kdesvn on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kdesvn.

Install kdesvn on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install kdesvn

Install kdesvn on CentOS 8 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 kdesvn using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kdesvn

How To Uninstall kdesvn on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove kdesvn

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesvn on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.