SVN is a version management tool "much like CVS". It is used to develop many large sites online, amongst them LastFM (http://www.last.fm), Zarpie (http://www.zarpie.com) and Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/). It has been in development for many years and there are a wide range of OS compatible versions available.
In this example, we will show you how to install using the RPM's and Source for Red Hat Enteprise 3, others can be found in the directories at SummerSoft (http://summersoft.fay.ar.us/pub/subversion/latest/). Each version page provides the end user with some guidance notes on what to install and the requirements.
1.Setting up Source Directory
Create a source directory
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mkdir /usr/local/src/subversion
Navigate to the directory created above
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cd /usr/local/src/subversion
2.a Using RPM's
Use WGET to retrieve via HTTP each of the following files:
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wget http://summersoft.fay.ar.us/pub/subversion/latest/rhel-3/bin/subversion-1.2.3-1.rhel3.i386.rpm
wget http://summersoft.fay.ar.us/pub/subversion/latest/rhel-3/bin/subversion-devel-1.2.3-1.rhel3.i386.rpm
wget http://summersoft.fay.ar.us/pub/subversion/latest/rhel-3/bin/subversion-debuginfo-1.2.3-1.rhel3.i386.rpm
wget http://summersoft.fay.ar.us/pub/subversion/latest/rhel-3/bin/neon-0.24.7-1.i386.rpm
wget http://summersoft.fay.ar.us/pub/subversion/latest/rhel-3/bin/mod_dav_svn-1.2.3-1.rhel3.i386.rpm
Run the RPM install command:
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rpm -Uvh *rpm
2.b Installing Source
Retrieve the sourcecode using WGET:
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wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.5.2.tar.gz
tar -zxvf subversion-1.5.2.tar.gz
cd subversion*
./configure
make
make install
If you wish to access SVN via Appache you will have to make sure you have upgrade to Apache 2.
3. Getting Started
Having setup the subversion software, you will then have to create a repository for the sourcecode. this can be done using:
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svnadmin create /path/to/dir
And to find more information, the usual:
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svn -- help
