How to update to latest version of SVN server?

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I currently have SVN server installed on my Linux Ubuntu machine, version 1.6.12.

I see that the latest version is 1.8.x and would like to update my installation to it, so I run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install subversion
svnserve --version

And it's telling me that it's still running version 1.6.12...

What's going on here?!? How do I actually update my installation through apt-get?

pnongrata

Posted 2012-08-29T22:27:27.627

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Answers

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apt-get searches for the updates in the repositories created for your version of Ubuntu. The SVN server version is not likely going to change until you upgrade the whole system.

choroba

Posted 2012-08-29T22:27:27.627

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Thanks @choroba (+1) - so you mean running sudo apt-get install * instead of sudo apt-get install subversion, or do you mean something else? Thanks again! – pnongrata – 2012-08-29T22:42:24.357

1No, to upgrade your distribution, you should use apt-get dist-upgrade. It involves changing sources of all the repositories, takes a lot of time and can break things. Be careful, make yourself sure you really want it. – choroba – 2012-08-29T22:48:27.203

Ahhh gotchya, well... I'm using the latest version of Ubuntu (12.04) - so I don't think the distro version is the issue. It should have the latest version of SVN in it... – pnongrata – 2012-08-29T22:54:58.860

According to http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/devel/subversion, 12.04 should use subversion 1.6.17. Are you calling the right svnserve in /usr/bin?

– choroba – 2012-08-29T23:04:04.433

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