Information about the package, cvs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cvs package is designed for, A version control system.
Package Name:
cvs
Summary:
A version control system
Description:
CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is a version control system that can record the history of your files (usually, but not always, source code). CVS only stores the differences between versions, instead of every version of every file you have ever created. CVS also keeps a log of who, when, and why changes occurred. CVS is very helpful for managing releases and controlling the concurrent editing of source files among multiple authors. Instead of providing version control for a collection of files in a single directory, CVS provides version control for a hierarchical collection of directories consisting of revision controlled files. These directories and files can then be combined together to form a software release.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.11.23
Release:
16.el6
Size:
1.5 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPL+ and GPLv2+ and LGPL+
Control the cvs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cvs
This command will install cvs on the server.
yum remove cvs
This command will un-install cvs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cvs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cvs
This command will un-install cvs on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cvs when using the -y flag.
yum update cvs
This command will update cvs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cvs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cvs
This command will update cvs to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cvs when using the -y flag.
yum info cvs
This command will show you core information about the cvs package.
yum deplist cvs
This command will show you the dependencies for cvs. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update cvs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cvs. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.