cvs for Mac OSX

Question

is there a place I can get just the cvs executable for OSX as a standalone binary?

I don't want to go through the whole rigamarole of having to download XCode just to get cvs, which I don't use, except the source for flickrj is only published via a cvs repository.

Answer 1

Using Homebrew:

brew tap homebrew/dupes # cvs is on the homebrew-dupes repository.
brew install cvs

See also:
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-dupes
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-dupes/pull/201

Edit: I don't have it installed here (unfortunately I'm in a Windows machine) but yes, CVS is actually part of Homebrew core, so no need for the dupes repo, for both macOS and Linux versions of Homebrew. brew install cvs should be enough.

Reference:

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/cvs.rb https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew-core/blob/master/Formula/cvs.rb

Answer 2

[Edit]

All links below dead, and the below instructions only appear to work pre OS X Mavericks.

This answer on apple.stackexchange.com appears to solve the issue using 3rd party package managers.

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Not sure what happened to the other posts:

• Version Control with CVS on Mac OSX
• Xcode is on the DVD that came with your mac.

1. Boot into a partition with Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) installed.
   
2. Insert the Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) Install DVD.
   
3. Double-click the file XcodeTools.mpkg, located inside the directory Optional Installs/Xcode Tools.
   ...

ref Apple Xcode Installation Guide