Set up SVN in Ubuntu

In Ubuntu, the easiest way to do version control is to set up a Subversion (SVN) server.

After several tries i did, the following steps should be works on Ubuntu 11.04 desktop version!

1. Install SVN and Apache
   

   sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-svn

   
   
   
2. Create a directory to hold your repository.
   

   sudo svnadmin create /var/lib/svn

   
   
   
3. Give apache the access right to the repository
   

   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/svn
   sudo chmod 770 -R /var/lib/svn

   
   
   
4. Configure Apache for SVN access
   

   vi /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.conf

   Uncomment the codes by removing the ‘#’ in front of the following lines:
   
   <Location /svn>
   …
   DAV svn
   …
   AuthType Basic
   AuthName “Subversion Repository”
   AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd
   …
   <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
   Require valid-user
   </LimitExcept>
   </Location>
   
   
   If you have only one repository for your SVN, uncomment the following line
   
   
   SVNPath /var/lib/svn
   
   
   Else if you are setting up multiple repositories, uncomment this line
   
   
   SVNParentPath /var/lib/svn
   
   
   Remember that at any time, only SVNPath or SVNParentPath is uncommented. Do not uncomment both at the same time.
   
   
5. Create a password for your username
   

   sudo htpasswd -cm /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd yourusername

   
   
   
6. Restart apache
   

   sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

   If you met "No apache MPM package installed" error message, you need to run the below CMD:
   

   sudo apt-get install apache2

   
   Now open your browser and go to http://localhost/svn. If you see the following, the your installation is successful.