cvs-switchroot command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

cvs-switchroot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cvs-switchroot: command not found

Solutions to cvs-switchroot: command not found

How To Fix cvs-switchroot: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu cvs-switchroot is provided by cvs package.

cvs is:

CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep access to old versions of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. It handles multiple developers, multiple directories, triggers to enable/log/control various operations, and can work over a wide area network. The texinfo manual provides further information on more tasks that it can perform.

There are some tasks that are not covered by CVS. They can be done in conjunction with CVS but will tend to require some script-writing and software other than CVS. These tasks are bug-tracking, build management (that is, make and make-like tools), and automated testing. However, CVS makes these tasks easier.

This package contains a CVS binary which can act as both client and server, although there is no CVS dæmon; to access remote repositories, please use :extssh: not :pserver: any more.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install cvs

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install cvs.

sudo apt -y install cvs

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install cvs

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix cvs-switchroot command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.