How To Install subversion on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install subversion
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is subversion
subversion is:
Apache Subversion, also known as svn, is a centralised version control system. Version control systems allow many individuals (who may be distributed geographically) to collaborate on a set of files (source code, websites, etc). Subversion began with a CVS paradigm and supports all the major features of CVS, but has evolved to support many features that CVS users often wish they had.
This package includes the Subversion client (svn, svnsync), repository administration tools (svnadmin, svnlook) and a network server (svnserve).
There are three methods to install subversion
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install subversion Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install subversion
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install subversion
Install subversion Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install subversion
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install subversion
Install subversion Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install subversion
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install subversion
How To Uninstall subversion on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the subversion
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove subversion
Uninstall subversion And Its Dependencies
To uninstall subversion
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove subversion
Remove subversion Configurations and Data
To remove subversion
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge subversion
Remove subversion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove subversion
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subversion
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install subversion
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.