Re: Problems installing CVS...

[Derek Robert Price]

You probably want to use the cvs-1.11.1p1 source from here:
http://ftp.cvshome.org/cvs-1.11.1/ (cvs-1.11.1p1.tar.gz).

It's more recent and many bugs have been fixed since 1.11.  The README and
INSTALL files in the top level of the source distribution have instructions on
how to build and install the source.

If you want to use CVS to get the most recent development version of the
source, there are instructions here:

    http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/ProjectSource

Derek

Lance Langenhoven wrote:

> Hi Derek,
>
> I eventually found a version of a "cvs-1_11_tar.gz" from "www.gnu.org"
> website (a mirror ftp in Germany) that I was able to "unzip".
>
> They suggested the following command : gzip -d < cvs-1_11_tar.gz | tar xf -
>
> This seemed to work and everything was uncompressed into a folder structure
> on my machine.
>
> So, what's the next step now ?
>
> I try to run the command "cvs checkout CVSROOT" in the created folder but
> nothing happens.
>
> Do I need to configure or install anything else ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Lance.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dprice@fame.com [mailto:dprice@fame.com]On Behalf Of Derek Robert
> > Price
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:53 PM
> > To: Lance Langenhoven
> > Cc: webmaster@cvshome.org
> > Subject: Re: Problems installing CVS...
> >
> >
> > Lance Langenhoven wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm having problems unzipping the file :
> > >
> > > cvs-1.11.1p1-SUNOS-5.6.gz
> > >
> > > I downloaded it from the www.cvshome.org site.
> > >
> > > The error I'm getting is : "not in gzip format"
> > >
> > > I then downloaded the latest version of gzip i.e. version 1.2.4
> > but I still
> > > get the same error message.
> > >
> > > Can you help please ?
> > >
> > > Thanks - Lance.
> >
> > This usually means that your browser decompressed the file for you and
> > neglected to remove the `.gz' extension.  Try renaming the file,
> > `chmod +x'ing
> > it, and simply running it.
> >
> > Thanks for your report!  If you encounter any further problems
> > using the site,
> > please let us know!
> >
> > Derek
> >