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mkdir ~/src
cd ~/src

wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-deps-1.4.6.tar.gz

tar -xzvf subversion-deps-1.4.6.tar.gz

cd subversion-deps-1.4.6

cd apr
./configure –prefix=$HOME
make; make install

cd apr-util
./configure –prefix=$HOME –with-apr=$HOME
make; make install

cd neon
./configure –enable-shared –prefix=$HOME
make; make install

cd ~/src
rm -rf *

wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.4.6.tar.gz

tar -xzvf subversion-1.4.6.tar.gz
cd subversion-1.4.6

./configure --prefix=$HOME --without-berkeley-db --with-zlib --with-ssl --with-neon=$HOME
make; make install

vi ~/.bashrc

i
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

:wq

mkdir ~/repos
cd repos
svnadmin create project_name