This video is going to show you how to install CVS on your Mac and we're going to be using Apple's free Xcode Tools. Now there are two ways that you can get the Xcode Tools. The first way is if you have your install discs that came with your computer then you already have it. If you don't have your installation discs then you can still get it for free on the internet from the Apple developer website.

Getting Xcode from the web (0:32)

So, I'm going to hop on the web real quick and do a search for Xcode Tools and the first thing that comes up is Apple's developer site. So I'm going to go in there and check that out. And this is all the information about Xcode Tools and they also have the download link. And when you get into the download link, there are several items you can select. The first one is the one that we want but you should really look at the file size because it is almost a gigabyte so it's going to be a big file that takes a long time to download, even with a fast connection. So if you do have that installation disc, that is definitely the way to go. And when I click the actual download link it's going to take me to a login screen and this is because you need to be an Apple Developer Connection member to do the download, but it's a free membership. So all you have to do is sign up, get your login information, come back, fill it in and then you can proceed with your download.

Using the Install Disc (1:22)

So I don't want to do that big download and I do have my install disc so that's how I'm going to do my installation. And it doesn't matter whether you get it as a download or from your install disc, it's the same package. So here is my install disc number one. If you have two discs, it's on the first disc. And when I go inside that I'll see a bunch of different things but the thing I'm looking for is the Xcode Tools and then within that you'll actually see the package itself.

Start Installation of Xcode Tools (1:48)

So, I'm going to double-click on that, open that up and start the installation process. And this is a typical installer just like you have for other applications. And it is going to ask you to go through the same old steps, which is the license agreement as well as selecting what location you want to install it on. And now I could just click on Install and that will do the default installation of the tools. But it is a really large package and I can click on Customize and you can trim some of the stuff out if you don't want all of it.

Customizing the Installation (2:23)

When you look at this list you can see that there is actually a lot that is getting installed and you may not need all of that stuff for what you're doing. And if you're only doing this just to get CVS you really don't need all of this. So, it's just going to take up space on your computer. The one that you need is Developer Tools Software. It's not the smallest one in here but it's still smaller than installing everything. So that's the one I want and I can uncheck all the other things. And this is totally up to you. If you want to install all the extra stuff feel free but this just gives you the ability to trim it down and not take up too much space on your computer. So once I have that done, this is the only thing I have selected now. And you'll notice I'm down to 272 megabytes, so much smaller.

Complete the Installation (3:11)

And I can do Install. If I wanted to just go back to the default, you can click Easy Install but I'm going to install it the way I want it. You need to be super user so I put in my password and I'm not going to bore you with the screens for the installation. It took my computer about two minutes to do this installation. So that was super quick for videoland. And that's it! It's installed.

Check the Installation (3:33)

So I'm going to check now by opening up my terminal and see if CVS is really there. And the way you do that is just by typing in "which cvs" and it brings back the directory that CVS is located in. If it wasn't installed properly then you would come back and say "no cvs found in" and list a number of directories where it had tried to find it. So, my CVS is installed and I'm ready to go!