How To Install tkdiff on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install tkcvs

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install tkcvs

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is tkdiff and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install tkdiff on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install tkdiff on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install tkdiff using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tkcvs

Install tkdiff on CentOS 8 using yum

Because tkdiff is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install tkdiff package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tkcvs

How to upgrade (update) a single package tkdiff using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like tkdiff in this example you should use the following command:

yum update tkcvs

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade tkcvs

How to Upgrade tkdiff on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update tkcvs

How To remove tkdiff from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tkdiff package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove tkcvs

Extra info and code examples

TkCVS is a Tk based graphical interface to the CVS and Subversion version control systems. For CVS, it includes facilities for providing "user friendly" names to modules and directories within the repository, and provides a facility to interactively browse the repository looking for modules and directories. Some of the features of TkCVS include: File and directory browser, with optional display of hidden files, and display of the current directory's location within the CVS tree. Push-button based check-in / check-out of CVS modules. Ability to add and delete files from the repository also using push buttons. Module tree browser, and reports showing the structure of the CVS modules tree. Individual modules or entire directory trees may be checked out using the browser. Updating of files from the repository when they change. Tagging and branching of files from the file browser, and tagging and branching of modules from the module browser. Exporting a CVS module or directory from the repository for delivery off-site. Creation of patch files between two releases of a module, or between a release and the current (head) version. Viewing of diff and status listings for currently checked out modules.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install tkdiff using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the tkdiff from CentOS 8.

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