How to Install and Uninstall git-cvs Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the git-cvs on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "git-cvs" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install git-cvs on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "git-cvs" package

Learn how to uninstall git-cvs on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the git-cvs package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: git-cvs
Source: git
Version: 1:2.39.2-1.1
Installed-Size: 1357
Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: all
Depends: git (>> 1:2.39.2), git (<< 1:2.39.2-.), cvsps, libdbd-sqlite3-perl
Suggests: git-doc, cvs
Description: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (cvs interoperability)
Description-md5: 5c201c3115375a8b8f735f8e7775526c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://git-scm.com/
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
network::client, network::server, role::program, scope::utility,
works-with::vcs
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/git/git-cvs_2.39.2-1.1_all.deb
Size: 1041572
MD5sum: a72ceb61ac2c4a466fbed091fcee0437
SHA256: 1fa1c2287e76c20776bfeb848df8c24d2849d8ad9dbb975ca90137557bdf208a