How To Install rcs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rcs on Rocky Linux 8. rcs is Revision Control System (RCS) file version management tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rcs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is rcs

The Revision Control System (RCS) is a system for managing multiple versions of files. RCS automates the storage, retrieval, logging, identification and merging of file revisions. RCS is useful for text files that are revised frequently (for example, programs, documentation, graphics, papers and form letters). The rcs package should be installed if you need a system for managing different versions of files.

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

Install rcs 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 rcs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rcs

Install rcs 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 rcs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rcs

How To Uninstall rcs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rcs

rcs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ci
/usr/bin/co
/usr/bin/ident
/usr/bin/merge
/usr/bin/rcs
/usr/bin/rcsclean
/usr/bin/rcsdiff
/usr/bin/rcsfreeze
/usr/bin/rcsmerge
/usr/bin/rlog
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/95d67ab4a3b540daa2acab06f403614d516a4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/f9ed8a03dd9fb3669f5b8ea4f3dc24a26a7459
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/a3fd30bafa1d9afae8ce30db50b412fe809261
/usr/share/doc/rcs
/usr/share/doc/rcs/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rcs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/rcs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rcs/README
/usr/share/doc/rcs/THANKS
/usr/share/info/rcs.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ci.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/co.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ident.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/merge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcsclean.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcsdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcsfreeze.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rcsmerge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rlog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rcsfile.5.gz

References

Summary

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