Comments on: installing subversion at home

By: Michael Kanartchev

Michael Kanartchev — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:42:21 +0000

I like your approach. Short and clear.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:01:38 +0000

Hi John,

Glad you found the instructions useful

Thankyou for pointing out the error with the code example…
I must have pasted the code into the view in the editor so WP has stripped the tags. Have updated the article.

By: JSLittlefield

JSLittlefield — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:28:01 +0000

Now I see the problem. WordPress is stripping out the tag. For future people that find this post. The configuration needs to be encapsulated in a Location tag. Click on the site link in my previous comment to see the syntax.

By: JSLittlefield

JSLittlefield — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:24:53 +0000

Thanks for the instructions. They were VERY helpful. I did have one problem with my setup using xampp 1.7.3 install. I was getting a syntax error and a message:

Syntax error on line 515 of C:/xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
DAV not allowed here

I had to put tags around the httpd.conf settings:

# Configure Subversion repository

DAV svn
SVNPath “c:\xampp\Subversion_repos\project_name”
AuthType Basic
AuthName “subversion repository”
AuthUserFile “c:\xampp\Subversion_repos\passwd”
Require valid-user

* Apache 2.2.14 (IPv6 enabled) + OpenSSL 0.9.8l
* MySQL 5.1.41 + PBXT engine
* PHP 5.3.1
* phpMyAdmin 3.2.4
* Perl 5.10.1
* FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.33
* Mercury Mail Transport System 4.72

This site was helpful in figuring it out.
http://ajopaul.com/2006/12/11/setting-up-a-svn-14-server-using-apache-22-on-ubuntu/