Subversion over Apache 2 on Ubuntu

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Subversion over Apache 2 on Ubuntu
　　If your one of my regular readers (ha!), then you’ll know I’m
starting a Group Project for University. We have 7 members in the group
and without some sort of version control - managing the code we’re aboutto produce would be hell! So I’m setting up Subversion on my home
server as a repository. Following are the steps I used to set-up
Subversion over Apache 2 on my Ubuntu server.
　　I’m assuming you have Apache 2 already set-up. The only extra packages to download and install are subversion and libapache2-svn.
sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-svn　　This will download and install Subversion and the SVN module for
Apache 2. The module itself uses WebDAV to transmit files between
Subversion - so this means everything can go across port 80 without the
hassle of having to worry about a firewall.
　　The install should automatically enable the module, but just to check:
sudo a2enmod dav_svn　　It should come up saying it’s already enabled. If not, it will enable it for you.
　　You’ll need to configure Apache now:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf　　Edit the file to look something like this:
　　
  DAV svn
　　
  SVNPath /home/svn
　　

　　
  AuthType Basic
　　
  AuthName "Subversion Repository"
　　
  AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd
　　
  Require valid-user
　　

　　Change /home/svn to whatever the location of your repository is. If you haven’t created one yet, then do:
sudo mkdir /home/svn　　
sudo svnadmin create /home/svn
　　Now, you need to make Apache the owner of the repository:
sudo chown -R www-data /home/svn　　To secure Subversion, do the following to create a password file:
sudo htpasswd2 -cm /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd bob　　Replace bob with whatever username you want to use, and then when prompted enter a password.
　　Now restart Apache:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart　　That should now all be set-up. You can try it by visiting your server http://you.server/svn. You should get a username/password dialog which you enter the details you created.