Before installing SVN let us know what is SVN first. SVN (Subversion) is an opensource version control system. Subversion is used to store previous changes of your project like coding, documents, files. It is used to identify and track the changes done to the files by whom.
 In this blog we will learn how to install and setup Subversion on Ubuntu 14.04. Following are the steps that need to follow:

Step 1:  Update the package repositories

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Installing SVN and apache to access SVN through http

sudo apt-get install subversion apache2 libapache2-svn apache2-utils

Step 3: Create directory and create a new repository in that directory

sudo mkdir -p /svn/repos/
sudo svnadmin create /svn/repos/testrepo

Step 4:  Change ownership for the repository.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /svn/repos/testrepo

Step 5: Create a file testrepo.conf in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ and add the below lines for creating apache virtual host.

<Location /svn>
 DAV svn
  SVNParentPath /svn/repos/
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Test Repo"
  AuthUserFile /etc/svnpasswd
  Require valid-user
</Location>

Step 6:  Enable the site

sudo a2ensite testrepo

Step 7: Reload apache web server

sudo service apache2 reload

Step 8: create user for accessing repository and add the user details to /etc/svnpasswd file.

Command to create first user:

sudo htpasswd -cm /etc/svnpasswd user1

Step 9: Finally access your repository in your browser.

Example: http://yourip/svn/testrepo

All done!

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