Step by Step Subversion Installation Reference for Redhat Linux

SVN Subversion installation steps on server
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I am expecting you have already installed Apache http web server on your linux machine (Here using RHEL-5).

1. # Download following rpm files in the (path) /opt/sware/svn
cd /opt/sware/svn

2. # Download Following From: http://the.earth.li/pub/subversion/summersoft.fay.ar.us/pub/subversion/latest/rhel5/x86_64/
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mod_dav_svn-1.5.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
neon-0.27.2-1.x86_64.rpm
neon-debuginfo-0.27.2-1.x86_64.rpm
neon-devel-0.27.2-1.x86_64.rpm
subversion-1.5.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
subversion-devel-1.5.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
subversion-perl-1.5.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
subversion-python-1.5.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
subversion-tools-1.5.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm

3. # Install subversion and dependent
rpm -U neon-0.27.2-1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -U neon-devel-0.27.2-1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -i subversion-1.5.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -i mod_dav_svn-1.5.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm

4. # Create an SVN repository
svnadmin create /svnroot

5. # Make it accessible to the web server
chown -R apache.apache /svnroot/

6. # Edit the web servers configuration
vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

7. # Uncomment (remove the '#' mark) the following lines:
LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so

8. # Add the following lines to the configuration:
LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_authz_svn.so
<Location /svn>
    DAV svn
    SVNPath /svnroot
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Subversion Repository"
    AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf.d/dav_svn.passwd
    Require valid-user
</Location>

9.
# Add a new user to the authentication file. Only
# authenticated users will be able to access the repository.
# The passwords are held in this file using a one-way hashed
# encryption
htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/conf.d/dav_svn.passwd test.user1
# To add a new user (again other than first time)
htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/conf.d/dav_svn.passwd test.user1

10. # Restart the web server for the settings to take effect
/etc/init.d/httpd restart

11. http://your-domain.com/svn
Example: http://edurain.com/svn

A short setting explanation of what you just entered:
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<Location /svn>: Means that the Subversion repositories are available from the URL like http://edurain.com/svn/
DAV svn: tells Apache which module will be responsible to serve that URL - in this case the Subversion module.
SVNListParentPath on: For Subversion version 1.3 and higher, this directive enables listing all the available repositories under SVNParentPath.
SVNParentPath /svnroot: tells Subversion to look for repositories below /svnroot
SVNIndexXSLT "/svnindex.xsl": Used to make the browsing with a web browser prettier.
AuthType Basic: is to activate basic authentication, i.e. Username/password
AuthName "Subversion repositories": is used as an information whenever an authentication dialog pops up to tell the user what the authentication is for
AuthUserFile passwd: specifies which password file to use for authentication
AuthzSVNAccessFile: Location of the Access file for paths inside a Subversion repository
Require valid-user: specifies that only users who entered a correct username/password are allowed to access the URL