Installation and setup of CVSNT & WinCVS

  1. Install CVSNT 2.5.03 (http://www.cvsnt.org), WinCVS (http://www.wincvs.org) & Python (http://www.python.org) or ActiveTCL (http://www.activestate.com), if you want to run a shell in WinCVS.
  2. Create a folder in your root directory to hold the CVS Repository e.g. c:\cvs.
  3. Go to Control Panel and click on CVSNT Server icon.
    If the CVSNT Service is running, stop it.
  4. Go to Repository configuration, click Add.
  5. For Location, select the folder you created above in step 2 (name gets filled in automatically).
  6. Enter a description for the repository if you want to.
  7. Tick all the options at the bottom.
  8. Your screen should look something like this:
    cvsnt-setup.jpg
  9. Click OK, and then Apply.
  10. Now you can restart the CVSNT Service.
  11. In Windows XP, go to System in Control Panel, click Advanced and then click on Environment Variables.
  12. Add a new variable, using cvsroot as the name, and the path to your cvs repository as the value e.g. c:\cvs.
  13. Your repository should now be up and running, and you can start to add stuff to your repository.
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