n00b Question: What is BSD?

edwin11 · 12-22-2005, 02:41 AM

Or rather, how is BSD relevant to Linux?

Reason for asking is as follows...

I want to download and install CVS on my system (Ubuntu 5.10). So i went to the GNU website to look for the binaries, and found the binaries for CVS for the following architecture:
- hppa-hpux
- mips-irix
- powerpc-aix
- sparc-sunos
- x86-bsdos
- x86-woe

Now, i'm a newbie, so the first thing i noticed was, erm... no Linux in there. Then some chemicals in my brain reacted and suggested that i should download the build for x86-bsdos (BSD).

Is that correct?

TIA and Regards,
Edwin

cuiq · 12-22-2005, 07:15 AM

BSD is a unix-like system, as is linux, but BSD is NOT linux. So if you want CVS install it from the Ubuntu repositories. You may need to add some repositories to your sources.list in order to install CVS which is available for all linux distros on their disk or through repositories.

Peace V

tkrin · 12-22-2005, 07:48 AM

Here is a little more info regarding BSD and it's open source derivatives, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD.

As cuiq stated, install CVS from an Ubuntu repository. It will be much easier. None of the binaries you see are suitable for linux. They most likely don't have a linux binary because distributions vary enough that it may not work across the board.

edwin11 · 12-22-2005, 11:43 AM

Thanks cuiq and tkrin,

Never occurred to me to look in the Ubuntu repositories first. Well, it IS there, and i have got it installed nice and easy...

Thanks again!

Regards,
Edwin

cuiq · 12-22-2005, 12:09 PM

That's what the LQ community is here for. Glad we could help

Peace V

tkrin · 12-22-2005, 02:11 PM

Sure thing.

Always glad to help when I can.

KimVette · 12-22-2005, 09:09 PM

BSD is an operating system from the folks who brought us LSD (which explains a lot)

(kidding, only kidding)

edwin11 · 12-22-2005, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KimVette

BSD is an operating system from the folks who brought us LSD (which explains a lot)

(kidding, only kidding)

Oh! Time to switch OS then! Where can i find some BSDs? :P

Regards,
Edwin

cuiq · 12-23-2005, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KimVette

BSD is an operating system from the folks who brought us LSD (which explains a lot)

(kidding, only kidding)

LSD, someone say LSD

Peace V

edwin11 · 12-23-2005, 09:29 PM

erm... ok... let's steer this topic away from LSD and back to CVS...

ok, i have installed the package called "cvs" (doh) using the Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu...

The package description is as such

Quote:

Concurrent Versions System
CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. Unlike the simpler systems, CVS does not just operate on one file at a time or one directory at a time, but operates on hierarchical collections of directories consisting of version controlled files.

CVS helps to manage releases and to control the concurrent editing of source files among multiple authors. CVS allows triggers to enable/log/control various operations and works well over a wide area network.

and to erm... "confirm" that i indeed had CVS installed, i did "man cvs" in command line, and yup, i got this:

Quote:

CVS(1)

NAME
cvs - Concurrent Versions System

...

ok, so all is fine except for one thing... (n00b warning

)

this "cvs" package i installed... is it the CVS "server" or the CVS "client"?

If this question sounds weird to you, please let me explain...

i've got not much experience with CVS, and certainly much less with Linux. The only time i've ever used CVS before, the repository was located on a Windows Server, and i access it using a CVS client on a remote XP machine, so apologies if this is a really dumb question...

Also... i got a very sneaky feeling that this "cvs" package works both as the server and the client... ?

Thanks and Regards,
Edwin