Are you sure you absolutely have to have the _newest_ version? How about one which is compiled and packaged as an rpm, from your distribution disks or the net? It would make life a hell of a lot easier for you. I'm not saying don't learn about cvs, just first things first.
Richard Dan Butler, Saturday 16 March 2002 15:24: > There is an application that I am after (jpilot) the newest version and > the web site says to use CVS. What do I have to do before using CVS? Do I > have to have all the subdirectories I see on the web page with the files > from each? And there was something about downloading a snapshot. Would > that be easier? Then again, I didn't see the "snapshot". > I write scripts at work all day. I work in awk, sed, and perl. > Manipulating data mostly. I understand how computers work, but I have > never been exposed to CVS. Any help would be appreciated. > Dan B
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