Setting up CVS on your computer

The first step is to use your computer's package management utility and install discs to add CVS itself. This step will vary according to which distribution you are using. Once you have successfully done this, follow the steps below to setup CVS for use.

In a terminal window, change to your home directory
cd ~

Initialise the CVS repository (file store)
cvs init

You should now see a ~/CVS directory
ls -a ~

Now you can add a project to your CVS repository.

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