tkcvs command not found

Introduction

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

tkcvs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tkcvs: command not found

Solutions to tkcvs: command not found

How To Fix tkcvs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu tkcvs is provided by tkcvs package.

tkcvs is:

TkCVS is a Tk based graphical interface to the CVS and Subversion version control systems. For CVS, it includes facilities for providing “user friendly” names to modules and directories within the repository, and provides a facility to interactively browse the repository looking for modules and directories.

Some of the features of TkCVS include:

File and directory browser, with optional display of hidden files, and display of the current directory’s location within the CVS tree.

Push-button based check-in / check-out of CVS modules. Ability to add and delete files from the repository also using push buttons.

Module tree browser, and reports showing the structure of the CVS modules tree. Individual modules or entire directory trees may be checked out using the browser.

Updating of files from the repository when they change.

Tagging and branching of files from the file browser, and tagging and branching of modules from the module browser.

Exporting a CVS module or directory from the repository for delivery off-site.

Creation of patch files between two releases of a module, or between a release and the current (head) version.

Viewing of diff and status listings for currently checked out modules.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tkcvs

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

You can also use apt command to install tkcvs.

sudo apt -y install tkcvs

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

sudo aptitude install tkcvs

Summary

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