How to install SVN (subversion) server on RHEL/CentOS and Fedora linux

Subversion (SVN) is an open source version controling 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.
In this article i will show you how to install SVN server on RHEL/CentOS and fedora linux.
First, You need to install apache web server to access svn server using http urls.

# yum install httpd php php-devel php-cli php-pear -y

Starting Apache web server and configure to autostart on sistem boot:

# service httpd restart
# chkconfig httpd on

Install Subversion Using Yum command

Follow netxt command to install subversion and mod_dav_svn packages:

# yum install mod_dav_svn subversion -y

Configure subversion width apache:

# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf

LoadModule dav_svn_module     modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module   modules/mod_authz_svn.so

   DAV svn
   SVNParentPath /var/www/svn
   AuthType Basic
   AuthName "Subversion User Authentication "
   AuthUserFile /etc/svn-users
   Require valid-user

Create first repository

Use following command to create your fist svn repository.

# mkdir /var/www/svn
# cd /var/www/svn
# svnadmin create myrepo
# chown -R apache.apache myrepo

Add SVN Users:

# htpasswd -cm /etc/svn-users user

Access Your Repository in Browser

Use http urls to access your repository in browser http://ip.add.re.ss/svn/myrepo

Add Files to Repository

This step is for testing that repository is working properly. Use following commands to add few files to your svn repository.

# svn co http://ip.add.re.ss/svn/myrepo/
# cd myrepo
# touch file1.txt file2.txt
# svn add file1.txt file2.txt
# svn ci file1.txt file2.txt -m "initial commit"

Again check http://ip.add.re.ss/svn/myrepo/svn/myrepo/ url in browser.