Re: Not able to install CVS

[Shyam L]

I suggest you do the following

1. Rename the file (mv cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local cvs)
2. Include the location of the file in PATH
3. Run (cvs)

If it works properly, then it should list you the help options for cvs.

-Shyam

----- Original Message -----
From: Jitender Singh Bhatia <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 6:25 AM
Subject: Not able to install CVS


> Hi
>
> I downloaded the installable cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local.gz  from
> http://www.sunfreeware.com/
> I have Solaris 5.7 machine.
>
> Unzipped it using :
> gzip -d cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local.gz
>
> This resulted in the following file :
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local
>
> i gave this file execute permissions. But when i execute it (as follows) i
> get the following output :
> What could be the problem ??
>
>
>
> #cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local
>
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: SMCcvs: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local:
> 0707010009611b000081a40000000a0000000a0000000137eaf
>
e78000000b5000000200000004a00000000000000000000000f00000003SMCcvs/pkginfoPKG
> =SMC
> cvs: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: Software: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: Christensen: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local:
> 0707010009611a000081a40000000a0000000a0000000137eaf
> e780000161f000000200000004a00000000000000000000000e00000003SMCcvs/pkgmap::
> not f
> ound
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: 1: not found
> .....
> .....
> cvs-1.10.7-sol7-sparc-local: syntax error at line 216: `(' unexpected
>
>
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