Subversion 1.6 on Debian Lenny

Currently the Version of Subversion in Debian Lenny is 1.5.1, there are a few bugs in this that could be show stoppers if you are using a write through proxy setup for your SVN Repo’s as i have. There are two bugs that keep cropping up, one that is solved in 1.5.5, the other in 1.6, however if you want to use debian packages the easiest way i have found to install them is as follows

Update 1: Few people are having problems, this guide assumes your running lenny with the default svn packages already installed, to do this try running the command below to install the latest version from apt (1.5.x as i write this) including the required Apache modules

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

Update 2: New post on how to extend this guide to go from svn 1.6.1 to svn 1.6.3 – Debian: Upgrade Svn 1.6.1 to 1.6.3

Update 3:This post was originally just some notes for me on highly critical production servers that all had to be running exactly the same versions and i had to have a very controled upgrade, However google sends a few hundred people here a month! So i thought id include the better general way that has been in the comments for awhile

Update 4: Guide now available for SVN 1.7

The best way are the commands below.

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echo "deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
wget -O - http://backports.org/debian/archive.key | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get -t lenny-backports install subversion subversion-tools libapache2-svn

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mkdir /tmp/svn16
cd /tmp/svn16
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.6.1dfsg-1_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.6.1dfsg-1_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/sqlite3/libsqlite3-0_3.6.13-1_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/db/libdb4.7_4.7.25-6_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.3.4+dfsg-1_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.3.3-3_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/icu/libicu40_4.0.1-2_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.6.1dfsg-1_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/subversion/subversion-tools_1.6.1dfsg-1_all.deb
dpkg -i *.deb

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mkdir /tmp/svn16
cd /tmp/svn16
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.6.1dfsg-1_amd64.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.6.1dfsg-1_amd64.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/sqlite3/libsqlite3-0_3.6.13-1_amd64.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/db/libdb4.7_4.7.25-6_amd64.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.3.4+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.3.3-3_amd64.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/icu/libicu40_4.0.1-2_amd64.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.6.1dfsg-1_amd64.deb
wget http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/subversion/subversion-tools_1.6.1dfsg-1_all.deb
dpkg -i *.deb
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  • http://www.christoph-jahn.com Christoph Jahn

    There are new versions of libapr1 (1.3.3_4) and libaprutil1 (1.3.4+dfsg-2) available.

    Also, there seems to be a dependency issue with Apache, please see output below

    dpkg: regarding libaprutil1_1.3.4+dfsg-2_amd64.deb containing libaprutil1:
    libaprutil1 breaks apache2.2-common (<< 2.2.11-3)
    apache2.2-common (version 2.2.9-10+lenny2) is present and installed.
    dpkg: error processing libaprutil1_1.3.4+dfsg-2_amd64.deb (–install):
    installing libaprutil1 would break apache2.2-common, and
    deconfiguration is not permitted (–auto-deconfigure might help)
    Errors were encountered while processing:
    libaprutil1_1.3.4+dfsg-2_amd64.deb

  • Marc

    We also cannot install it:

    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    apache2.2-common: Depends: apache2-utils but it is not going to be installed
    libaprutil1: Breaks: apache2.2-common (= 0.28.2) but it is not going to be installed

  • http://swherdman.com Scott

    By default the package assumes your going to be using an Apache front-end

    try “apt-get install apache2 libapache2-svn”

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  • John Swetres

    The problem is, if apache is already installed on system from the stable repo of course, there is no way you can install SVN 1.6 because of the above mentioned apache dependency. Both apache and svn depend on libapr1 package.

    I hope to find a svn client-only package, like the ones for windows (slik svn etc.)

  • http://diyeconomist.net Jim

    I was able to fix this only by adding squeeze to sources, and updating apache to 2.2.11 (there was a fork error, but that’s something else). Everything else horribly breaks my VPS.

  • http://www.jamesonwilliams.com Jameson Williams

    Here is an alternate way of accomplishing this.

    dpkg is an aging utility, and isn’t as great as aptitude. I would recommend getting the lenny-backport version of subversion (currently 1.6.4) from the backports repo.

    Steps:

    * Add lenny-backports to sources.list: http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
    * sudo aptitude update
    * sudo aptitude -t lenny-backports install subversion

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  • http://n0nick.net/ n0nick

    Thanks Jameson Williams – your solution worked and is a much cleaner way I think.

    The download links in the original post are all broken (404), btw.

  • http://www.wascou.org Wascou

    Thanks Jameson Williams !
    I was searching this one for a long time ! That’s cleaner than squeeze…

  • http://www.wickensonline.co.uk Mark Wickens

    Yep, worked for me great, thanks for the help.
    Mark.

  • David

    Out of date. Running debian, lenny, this worked for me:
    echo “deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports main” /etc/apt/sources.list
    apt-get update
    apt-get -t lenny-backports install subversion