There is no "Install Shield" for cvs. You just put the cvs executable in
any directory and then include that directory in your PATH system
variable. Then you can execute cvs commands from anywhere in your
command shell.
Set the PATH variable
To set the PATH variable on a Windows machine, execute the following command
in a command prompt.
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\the\path\where\cvs\is
Set the CVSROOT variable
To execute cvs commands against a CVS repository, you must
tell cvs where the repository is by setting its location in a CVSROOT
evironment variable, or by specifying it in your command with the cvs -d option.
To set the CVSROOT variable on a Windows machine so that it points toward
the OpenEJB cvs at SourceForge, execute the following command in a command
prompt.
set CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.openejb.sf.net:/cvsroot/openejb
Set the HOME variable
The first time you access a particular CVS repository, you must first login
to the server hosting the repository. You can do this with the 'cvs login'
command, but before doing this you need to set another environment variable.
CVS needs to know where to put your login information, for this you must set
the HOME environment variable on your OS or in your shell.
If you are on a Linux/Unix machine, this will already be set, but if you are
on a Windows machine, you will most likely need to do this manually.
To set the HOME variable on a Windows machine, execute the following command
in a command prompt.
set HOME=C:\any\directory\works