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How to install subversion and websvn on ubuntu 12.04

This write-up contains a set of instruction on how to install and configure svn as well as setup websvn on an ubuntu 12.04 machine.

1.) Install subversion and apache2

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

2.) Create a directory where we will install subversion repository

sudo mkdir /var/subversion

3.) Change ownership of the newly created folder

sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/subversion

4.) Change mode bits

sudo chmod 770
sudo chmod 770 -R /var/subversion

5.) Create a new repository

sudo svnadmin create /var/subversion/demo

6.) Look/check at the newly create repository

sudo svnlook tree /var/subversion/demo

7.) Make the repository available to apache

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

Add the ff:

  DAV svn
  SVNPath /var/subversion/demo
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Subversion Repository"
  AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/svn.passwd
  Require valid-user
  #SSLRequireSSL
  *take note that we are using apache's svn.passwd for authentication

8.) Restart apache and you should be able to access the repository from the url

sudo service apache2 restart

9.) Create a new user

sudo htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/svn.passwd usera

*note make sure you remove -c parameter on 2nd invocation since it will delete the file if it exists

10.) Now you can access the repository in the url:

http://localhost/svn/demo

*If you have rapidsvn installed, you can view the same url

Now for the second part, how to install and configure websvn
1.) Install websvn (select apache2, and proceed accordingly)

sudo apt-get install websvn

2.) Move the newly installed websvn folder into /var/www

sudo cp -r /usr/share/websvn/ /var/www/

3.) Make that folder available to apache2, by editing the same file earlier dav_svn.conf, and add the below lines:

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

<Location /websvn>
Options FollowSymLinks
order allow,deny
allow from all
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Subversion Repository"
</Location>

*be careful with the spacing it's sensitive

4.) Restart apache2

sudo service apache2 restart

5.) Access from url : http://localhost/websvn, it should now be available.

6.) You can install enscript, for syntax highlighting:

sudo apt-get install enscript

7.) If you want to add more repository, just edit this file:

sudo vi /etc/websvn/svn_deb_conf.inc

*by default mine has:

//please edit /etc/websvn/config.php
//or user dpkg-reconfigure websvn
$config->parentPath("/var/subversion");
$config->addRepository("root", "file:///var/subversion/demo");
$config->setEnscript("/usr/bin");
$config->setSedPath("/bin");
$config->userEnscript();

And now we're done :-)

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