Following on from my previous article concerning using MacPorts to install system software easily on your Mac, in this article I'll guide you thru install Subversion and all it's dependencies under Apple's Leopard O/S.
Update MacPorts
First off you don't have to install MacPorts with Leopard as it comes pre-installed, but you do need to update it.
So in Terminal run...
sudo port -v selfupdate
Perfect that should update the stock 1.5 build to the latest 1.6 release.
SVN Dependencies
Now to installing Subversion's dependencies, without these Subversion will not build. So in Terminal run...
sudo port install sqlite3
sudo port install apr-util
sudo port install neon
Excellent, you should now be ready to install Subversion 1.4.6 from source via MacPorts
Finally Subversion
Just run...
sudo port install subversion
Should install ok leaving you with the latest binary build of Subversion on your Apple machine.
What about a GUI ?
Ok, as most people don't really like using SVN from the command-line, you can download a mac gui interface to it at...
More MacPorts are available at...
Handy Tip
Before I go you can find out the location of a piece of software via the 'which' command.
which svn
Should return the path where it's installed.
