How to Install Subversion on OpenBSD

Subversion is a version control system widely used for software development projects. Here are the steps to install it on OpenBSD.

Step 1: Update OpenBSD Packages

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.