Subversion is a version control system widely used for software development projects. Here are the steps to install it on OpenBSD.
First of all, update the OpenBSD packages index by running the following command:
$ sudo pkg_add -u
To install Subversion, run the following command:
$ sudo pkg_add subversion
This command will install Subversion and all required dependencies.
To verify that Subversion is installed correctly, run the following command:
$ svn --version
This command should display the version information for Subversion.
Now that Subversion is installed, you can create a repository to host your versioning data.
First, create a directory for the repository:
$ sudo mkdir /var/svn
$ sudo chown _svn /var/svn
$ sudo chmod 775 /var/svn
This will create a directory /var/svn, change its ownership to the _svn user and group, and set the appropriate permissions.
Next, initialize the repository:
$ sudo svnadmin create /var/svn/repos
To configure access control for the repository, edit the /var/svn/repos/conf/svnserve.conf file:
$ sudo vi /var/svn/repos/conf/svnserve.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
[general]
anon-access = none
auth-access = write
password-db = passwd
This will disallow anonymous access but allow write access to authenticated users, and specify the password file to use.
Next, edit the /var/svn/repos/conf/passwd file to add the users and their passwords:
$ sudo vi /var/svn/repos/conf/passwd
Add the users in the following format:
<username> = <password>
Save and close the file.
Finally, start Subversion by running the following command:
$ sudo svnserve -d -r /var/svn
This will start Subversion in daemon (-d) mode, and set the repository root to /var/svn.
Subversion is now installed and configured on OpenBSD. You can now use it to manage your versioning data.
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