Subversion (1.8.13) installation without root

Question

I wanted to install a newer version of svn without root access. On ubuntu, the apt-get version is:

svn --version

svn, version 1.8.8 (r1568071)

While I would like to install the more recent one subversion-1.8.13.

The server I am doing this hasn't the apr, apr-util installed, for this, I've also installed them on standalone:

cd $HOME
mkdir custom_installed
cd custom_installed
# Install apr
wget ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/apache/dist//apr/apr-1.5.2.tar.gz
tar xvfz apr-1.5.2.tar.gz
cd apr-1.5.2
./configure —prefix=$HOME/custom_installed
make
make test
make install
cd ..

# Install apu
wget ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/apache/dist//apr/apr-util-1.5.4.tar.gz
tar xvfz apr-util-1.5.4.tar.gz
cd apr-util-1.5.4
./configure --prefix=$HOME/custom_installed --with-apr=$HOME/custom_installed
make
make test
make install
cd ..

It seems to be correctly installed on the custom_installed, it has the following include, lib and bin archives:

ls lib

apr.exp aprutil.exp libapr-1.la libapr-1.so.0
libaprutil-1.a libaprutil-1.so libaprutil-1.so.0.5.4 apr-util-1 libapr-1.a libapr-1.so libapr-1.so.0.5.2 libaprutil-1.la libaprutil-1.so.0 pkgconfig

ls include/apr-1

apr_allocator.h apr_dbm.h apr_general.h apr_ldap_init.h apr_mmap.h apr_queue.h apr_signal.h
apr_thread_pool.h apr_want.h apr_anylock.h apr_dso.h
apr_getopt.h apr_ldap_option.h apr_network_io.h
apr_random.h apr_skiplist.h apr_thread_proc.h apr_xlate.h apr_atomic.h apr_env.h apr_global_mutex.h apr_ldap_rebind.h apr_optional.h apr_reslist.h apr_strings.h apr_thread_rwlock.h apr_xml.h apr_base64.h apr_errno.h apr.h apr_ldap_url.h apr_optional_hooks.h apr_ring.h apr_strmatch.h apr_time.h apu_errno.h apr_buckets.h apr_escape.h
apr_hash.h apr_lib.h apr_poll.h apr_rmm.h apr_support.h apr_uri.h apu.h apr_crypto.h
apr_file_info.h apr_hooks.h apr_md4.h apr_pools.h
apr_sdbm.h apr_tables.h apr_user.h apu_version.h apr_date.h apr_file_io.h apr_inherit.h apr_md5.h
apr_portable.h apr_sha1.h apr_thread_cond.h apr_uuid.h
apu_want.h apr_dbd.h apr_fnmatch.h apr_ldap.h
apr_memcache.h apr_proc_mutex.h apr_shm.h
apr_thread_mutex.h apr_version.h

ls bin

apr-1-config apu-1-config

However, when I am trying to install the svn, either using the tarball:

wget http://apache.claz.org/subversion/subversion-1.8.13.tar.gz
tar xvfz subversion-1.8.13.tar.gz
cd subversion-1.8.13
wget http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-amalgamation-3071501.zip
unzip sqlite-amalgamation-3071501.zip
mv sqlite-amalgamation-3071501 sqlite-amalgamation
./configure --prefix=$HOME/custom_installed --with-apr=$HOME/custom_installed --with-apr-util=$HOME/custom_installed
make

or the svn trunk:

svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk svn
cd svn
# get SQLite amalgamation if required
chmod +x autogen.sh
./autogen.sh
wget http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-amalgamation-3071501.zip
unzip sqlite-amalgamation-3071501.zip
mv sqlite-amalgamation-3071501 sqlite-amalgamation
./configure —prefix=$HOME/custom_installed --with-apr=$HOME/custom_installed --with-apr-util=$HOME/custom_installed
make

I keep getting this error:

libtool: link: warning: library /home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib/libapr-1.la' was moved. /bin/sed: can't read /usr/local/apr/lib/libapr-1.la: No such file or directory libtool: link:/usr/local/apr/lib/libapr-1.la' is not a valid libtool archive make: *** [subversion/libsvn_subr/libsvn_subr-1.la] Error 1

during the linkage:

cd subversion/libsvn_subr && /bin/bash "/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/svn/libtool" --tag=CC --silent --mode=link gcc  -g -O2  -g -O2 -pthread    -rpath /home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib -version-info 0 -Wl,--no-undefined -o libsvn_subr-1.la  adler32.lo atomic.lo auth.lo base64.lo bit_array.lo cache-inprocess.lo cache-membuffer.lo cache-memcache.lo cache.lo cache_config.lo checksum.lo cmdline.lo compat.lo compress.lo config.lo config_auth.lo config_file.lo config_win.lo crypto.lo ctype.lo date.lo debug.lo deprecated.lo dirent_uri.lo dso.lo eol.lo error.lo fnv1a.lo gpg_agent.lo hash.lo io.lo iter.lo lock.lo log.lo macos_keychain.lo magic.lo md5.lo mergeinfo.lo mutex.lo nls.lo object_pool.lo opt.lo packed_data.lo path.lo pool.lo prefix_string.lo prompt.lo properties.lo quoprint.lo root_pools.lo simple_providers.lo skel.lo sorts.lo spillbuf.lo sqlite.lo sqlite3wrapper.lo ssl_client_cert_providers.lo ssl_client_cert_pw_providers.lo ssl_server_trust_providers.lo stream.lo string.lo subst.lo sysinfo.lo target.lo temp_serializer.lo time.lo token.lo types.lo user.lo username_providers.lo utf.lo utf8proc.lo utf_validate.lo utf_width.lo validate.lo version.lo win32_crashrpt.lo win32_crypto.lo win32_xlate.lo x509info.lo x509parse.lo xml.lo -L/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib -laprutil-1 -L/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib -lapr-1 -lexpat -lz  -ldl -lpthread   

What is most strange, I don't have a clue why it wants to find it on /usr/local/apr/lib/libapr-1.la, since it should find it on /home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib…

Adding more info:

/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/svn/libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc  -g -O2  -g -O2 -pthread    -rpath /home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib -version-info 0 -Wl,--no-undefined -o libsvn_subr-1.la  adler32.lo atomic.lo auth.lo base64.lo bit_array.lo cache-inprocess.lo cache-membuffer.lo cache-memcache.lo cache.lo cache_config.lo checksum.lo cmdline.lo compat.lo compress.lo config.lo config_auth.lo config_file.lo config_win.lo crypto.lo ctype.lo date.lo debug.lo deprecated.lo dirent_uri.lo dso.lo eol.lo error.lo fnv1a.lo gpg_agent.lo hash.lo io.lo iter.lo lock.lo log.lo macos_keychain.lo magic.lo md5.lo mergeinfo.lo mutex.lo nls.lo object_pool.lo opt.lo packed_data.lo path.lo pool.lo prefix_string.lo prompt.lo properties.lo quoprint.lo root_pools.lo simple_providers.lo skel.lo sorts.lo spillbuf.lo sqlite.lo sqlite3wrapper.lo ssl_client_cert_providers.lo ssl_client_cert_pw_providers.lo ssl_server_trust_providers.lo stream.lo string.lo subst.lo sysinfo.lo target.lo temp_serializer.lo time.lo token.lo types.lo user.lo username_providers.lo utf.lo utf8proc.lo utf_validate.lo utf_width.lo validate.lo version.lo win32_crashrpt.lo win32_crypto.lo win32_xlate.lo x509info.lo x509parse.lo xml.lo -L/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib -laprutil-1 -L/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib -lapr-1 -lexpat -lz  -ldl -lpthread --debug --config 

libtool: link: warning: library `/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib/libapr-1.la' was moved.

libtool: link: rm -fr  .libs/libsvn_subr-1.a .libs/libsvn_subr-1.so .libs/libsvn_subr-1.so.0 .libs/libsvn_subr-1.so.0.0.0

libtool: link: gcc -shared  -fPIC -DPIC  .libs/adler32.o .libs/atomic.o .libs/auth.o .libs/base64.o .libs/bit_array.o .libs/cache-inprocess.o .libs/cache-membuffer.o .libs/cache-memcache.o .libs/cache.o .libs/cache_config.o .libs/checksum.o .libs/cmdline.o .libs/compat.o .libs/compress.o .libs/config.o .libs/config_auth.o .libs/config_file.o .libs/config_win.o .libs/crypto.o .libs/ctype.o .libs/date.o .libs/debug.o .libs/deprecated.o .libs/dirent_uri.o .libs/dso.o .libs/eol.o .libs/error.o .libs/fnv1a.o .libs/gpg_agent.o .libs/hash.o .libs/io.o .libs/iter.o .libs/lock.o .libs/log.o .libs/macos_keychain.o .libs/magic.o .libs/md5.o .libs/mergeinfo.o .libs/mutex.o .libs/nls.o .libs/object_pool.o .libs/opt.o .libs/packed_data.o .libs/path.o .libs/pool.o .libs/prefix_string.o .libs/prompt.o .libs/properties.o .libs/quoprint.o .libs/root_pools.o .libs/simple_providers.o .libs/skel.o .libs/sorts.o .libs/spillbuf.o .libs/sqlite.o .libs/sqlite3wrapper.o .libs/ssl_client_cert_providers.o .libs/ssl_client_cert_pw_providers.o .libs/ssl_server_trust_providers.o .libs/stream.o .libs/string.o .libs/subst.o .libs/sysinfo.o .libs/target.o .libs/temp_serializer.o .libs/time.o .libs/token.o .libs/types.o .libs/user.o .libs/username_providers.o .libs/utf.o .libs/utf8proc.o .libs/utf_validate.o .libs/utf_width.o .libs/validate.o .libs/version.o .libs/win32_crashrpt.o .libs/win32_crypto.o .libs/win32_xlate.o .libs/x509info.o .libs/x509parse.o .libs/xml.o   -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib -L/home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib /home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib/libaprutil-1.so /home/wsfreund/custom_installed/lib/libapr-1.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so -lz -ldl -lpthread  -O2 -O2 -pthread -Wl,--no-undefined   -pthread -Wl,-soname -Wl,libsvn_subr-1.so.0 -o .libs/libsvn_subr-1.so.0.0.0

libtool: link: (cd ".libs" && rm -f "libsvn_subr-1.so.0" && ln -s "libsvn_subr-1.so.0.0.0" "libsvn_subr-1.so.0")

libtool: link: (cd ".libs" && rm -f "libsvn_subr-1.so" && ln -s "libsvn_subr-1.so.0.0.0" "libsvn_subr-1.so")

libtool: link: ar cru .libs/libsvn_subr-1.a  adler32.o atomic.o auth.o base64.o bit_array.o cache-inprocess.o cache-membuffer.o cache-memcache.o cache.o cache_config.o checksum.o cmdline.o compat.o compress.o config.o config_auth.o config_file.o config_win.o crypto.o ctype.o date.o debug.o deprecated.o dirent_uri.o dso.o eol.o error.o fnv1a.o gpg_agent.o hash.o io.o iter.o lock.o log.o macos_keychain.o magic.o md5.o mergeinfo.o mutex.o nls.o object_pool.o opt.o packed_data.o path.o pool.o prefix_string.o prompt.o properties.o quoprint.o root_pools.o simple_providers.o skel.o sorts.o spillbuf.o sqlite.o sqlite3wrapper.o ssl_client_cert_providers.o ssl_client_cert_pw_providers.o ssl_server_trust_providers.o stream.o string.o subst.o sysinfo.o target.o temp_serializer.o time.o token.o types.o user.o username_providers.o utf.o utf8proc.o utf_validate.o utf_width.o validate.o version.o win32_crashrpt.o win32_crypto.o win32_xlate.o x509info.o x509parse.o xml.o
libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libsvn_subr-1.a

/bin/sed: can't read /usr/local/apr/lib/libapr-1.la: No such file or directory libtool: link: `/usr/local/apr/lib/libapr-1.la' is not a valid libtool archive

This was also reported to [e-mail]

Answer 1

As per this question on Stack Overflow, both of the .la files (libapr-1.la and libaprutil-1.la) files describe the libraries themselves, and should be commented. It's likely that the paths referenced in these files are incorrect or defaulting to your system's LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Editing both files with a text editor, and updating the respective paths to point to your newly compiled library binaries should resolve the issue. Specifics regarding the changes to make are detailed below.

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If the issue still persists, a further question on Stack Overflow might be of help. You can manually add your locally compiled libraries to LD_LIBRARY_PATH temporarily, or set the -rpath flag for any gcc calls by editing the Makefile (or any build scripts), to override the default shared library paths.

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Editing both files with a text editor, and updating the respective paths to point to your newly compiled library binaries should resolve the issue. In this specific case, it was needed to change the following files:

line 41 on file libapr-1.la:

libdir='/usr/local/apr/lib' # change to your installation path

and line 20 on libaprutil-1.la:

dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.la /usr/local/apr/lib/libapr-1.la -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl' # change libapr-1.la path to the correct one

After, make sure to reset installation configuration files by doing (adapt the ./configure to your correct paths and needs):

make clean
./configure —prefix=$HOME/custom_installed --with-apr=$HOME/custom_installed/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=$HOME/custom_installed/bin/apu-1-config