Subversion + Apache + Eclipse on Ubuntu 9.10 - the Karmic Koala

It's been many years I have been using Subversion (SVN), but didn't care much to know how it's installed, administrated & accessed over internet.

Here I will show you how to install & configure Subversion, Apache, to access Subversion over internet & accessing Subverion in Eclipse.

1) Installing Subversion

    a) sudo apt-get install subversion
       This will install Subversion

    b) sudo mkdir /var/svn
       This will create Subversion repository directory, I have choose to have it in /var, you can choose any other directory you want

2) Installing / Configuring Apache

    a) sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-svn
       apache2 (Apache 2 Http server), libapache2-svn (Apache module for SVN)
   
    b) gedit /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.conf

        I) Uncomment "DAV svn"

       II) SVNParentPath /var/svn - This you need to set if you want multiple repositories under a single directory
               
           SVNPath /var/svn/repo1 - This is when you just need a single repository
              
           For this example I will be using SVNParentPath set to /var/svn
   
      III) Uncomment / Set the below variables as

            AuthType Basic
            AuthName "Subversion Repository"
            AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd

      IV) sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

3) Creating Subversion repositories

    1) sudo mkdir /var/svn/project1
        sudo svnadmin create /var/svn/project1
        sudo svn mkdir file:///var/svn/project1/trunk -m "Trunk"
        sudo svn mkdir file:///var/svn/project1/tags -m "Tags"
        sudo svn mkdir file:///var/svn/project1/branches -m "Branches"

    2) sudo chown -R www-data.www-data /var/svn

4) Creating Users to access repository

    sudo htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd user1

    Now if you hit http://localhost/svn/project1, you should be able to see trunk, branches & tags folder for project1 listed.

5) Configuring Eclipse to use Subversion

    I don't know there may be many plugins available, but I use Subversive plugin.

    a) Install Subversive plugin

    b) Go to SVN Repository Exploring perspective

    c) In SVN Repositories tab, Right click -> New -> Repository Location

        Enter http://localhost/svn/project1 into URL
        Enter user1 in User and the password
        Click on Finish

       You should be able to see the project1 repository along with its trunk, branches & tags folders.

Happy code versioning ..

Cheers !!

sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0777, should be 0440

I wanted to edit /etc/sudoers, I try to edit it but it said "You do not have the permissions necessary to open the file."

AND THEN, I did chmod 777 /etc/sudoers, and yes, I know, that was so stupid to do :(

Anyways for those who did the same mistake, need not worry, just follow the steps below.

1) Restart your system in recovery mode
2) Drop into the root shell
3) Execute chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers
4) Reboot the system

That's it to it ..

And yes I am using Ubuntu 9.10 - the Karmic Koala :)