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The fs2_open on Linux Guide Installing CVS

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Note: If you don't want use CVS you can download a snapshot of the source code, version 3.6.9, here.

Note: This step is only for those who want the bleeding-edge source code to compile on their own. You can skip this if you intend to use a provided binary executable.

Note: Redhat, Slackware and all the other distributions should have their instructions on installing CVS added here, if your distribution is not listed below and you are familiar with how to install CVS on it, please add it to this section.

CVS stands for Concurrent Versions System and is a version control system used to record the changes in documents, such as source files. Developers use CVS so they can easily share their code changes among other developers. Be aware that when you use CVS, you use the most up-to-date code : It may or may not be better than a release. It may be worse, less stable, or not even compile. This is work in progress.

You will need this tool to download ("checkout" in CVS terminology) fs2_open from the CVS server.

Debian/Ubuntu users want to:

$ apt-get install cvs

Gentoo users want to:

$ emerge -a cvs

Archlinux users want to:

$ pacman -Sy cvs

Fedora Core 6 (Zod) (And most likely Redhat) users want to:

# yum install cvs

Mandriva users want to:

# urpmi cvs

Novell SuSE users install CVS via YaST.