, How to Install SVN Server on Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04 LTS , Written by Rahul, Updated on September 16, 2019 , https://tecadmin.net/install-subversion-server-on-ubuntu/ , , , Subversion is an open-source version control system. It helps you , keep track of a collection of files and folders. , Any time you change, add or delete a file or folder that you manage , with Subversion, you commit these changes to your Subversion repository, which creates a new revision in your repository reflecting these changes. , You can always go back, look at and get the contents of previous , revisions. , , This article will help you for step by step setup of Subversion (svn) , server on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS & 16.04 LTS systems. , , Step 1 – Install Apache , First of all, you need to install the Apache webserver to access the svn , server using HTTP URLs. , Skip this step if you already have Apache web server on your system. , , sudo apt-get update , sudo apt-get install apache2 , , Step 2 – Install SVN Server , Use the following command to install subversion packages and their , dependencies. , Also, install svn module for Apache libapache2-mod-svn packages on your , system. , , sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-mod-svn libapache2-svn , libsvn-dev , After installation, enable required Apache modules and restart Apache , service. , , sudo a2enmod dav dav_svn , sudo service apache2 restart , , Step 3 – Create First SVN Repository , Use the following commands to create your first svn repository with , name myrepo. Also, set the required permissions on newly created , directories. , , sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/svn/ , sudo svnadmin create /var/lib/svn/myrepo , , sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/svn , sudo chmod -R 775 /var/lib/svn , , Step 4 – Create Users for Subversion , Now create first svn user in /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd file. , These users will use for authentication of svn repositories for , checkout, commit processes. , , sudo touch /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd , sudo htpasswd -m /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd admin , , To create additional users, use following commands. , , sudo htpasswd -m /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd user1 , sudo htpasswd -m /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd user2 , , Step 5 – Configure Apache with Subversion , Subversion Apache module package creates an configuration file , /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf. You just need to make necessary , changes to it. , , sudo vi /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf , Alias /svn /var/lib/svn , , , DAV svn , SVNParentPath /var/lib/svn , , AuthType Basic , AuthName DQSubversion RepositoryDQ , AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd , Require valid-user , , , Save the file and restart the Apache service to apply the new , configuration. , , sudo service apache2 restart , Step 6 – Access Repository in Browser , Use HTTP URLs to access your repository in the browser. It will prompt , for authentication. Use login credentials created in , , Step 5. Change example.com with your system hostname, domain name or , IP address. , , http://example.com/svn/myrepo/ ,