How to install WebSVN for Apache Subversion(SVN) in CentOS

To install WebSVN

Before installing WebSVN , install SVN.

To know how to install SVN visit,
https://www.linuxhelp.com/install-configure-apache-subversion-svn-centos-7/
Run the following command to install PHP.

[root@linuxhelp1 linuxhelpproject]# yum install php -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.webwerks.com
 * extras: centos.webwerks.com
 * updates: centos.webwerks.com
Resolving Dependencies
-->  Running transaction check
--->  Package php.x86_64 0:5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1 will be installed
-->  Finished Dependency Resolution
/var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/base/gen/comps.xml: no element found: line 1, column 0

Dependencies Resolved

==========================================================================================
 Package        Arch              Version                        Repository          Size
==========================================================================================
Installing:
 php            x86_64            5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1            updates            1.4 M

Transaction Summary
==========================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 1.4 M
Installed size: 4.4 M
Downloading packages:
php-5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1.x86_64.rpm                                 | 1.4 MB  00:00:02     
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Installing : php-5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1.x86_64                                         1/1
  Verifying  : php-5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1.x86_64                                         1/1

Installed:
  php.x86_64 0:5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1                                                        

Complete!

Utilise the following command to download WebSVN.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# wget http://websvn.tigris.org/files/documents/1380/49056/websvn-2.3.3.tar.gz
--2016-07-26 08:41:58--  http://websvn.tigris.org/files/documents/1380/49056/websvn-2.3.3.tar.gz
Resolving websvn.tigris.org (websvn.tigris.org)... 204.16.104.146
Connecting to websvn.tigris.org (websvn.tigris.org)|204.16.104.146|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 882779 (862K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘ websvn-2.3.3.tar.gz’ 

100%[================================================> ] 882,779      100KB/s   in 9.1s   

2016-07-26 08:42:08 (94.4 KB/s) - ‘ websvn-2.3.3.tar.gz’  saved [882779/882779]

Extract the Downloaded file.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# tar -zxvf websvn-2.3.3.tar.gz
websvn-2.3.3/
websvn-2.3.3/include/
websvn-2.3.3/include/version.php
websvn-2.3.3/include/configclass.php
websvn-2.3.3/include/template.php
websvn-2.3.3/include/header
websvn-2.3.3/include/svnlook.php
.
.
websvn-2.3.3/filedetails.php
websvn-2.3.3/cache/
websvn-2.3.3/cache/tmp

Rename the extracted folder by using the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# mv websvn-2.3.3 websvn

Rename the configuration file and add the following entries into it.

[root@linuxhelp1 html]# cd websvn/include
[root@linuxhelp1 include]# mv distconfig.php config.php
[root@linuxhelp1 include]# vim config.php
// Configure these lines if your commands aren' t on your path.
//
 $config-> setSVNCommandPath(' /usr/bin' )  //  e.g. c:\program files\subversion\bin
 $config-> setDiffPath(' /usr/bin' ) 

// For syntax colouring, if option enabled...
 $config-> setEnscriptPath(' /usr/bin' ) 
 $config-> setSedPath(' /bin' ) 

// For delivered tarballs, if option enabled...
 $config-> setTarPath(' /bin' ) 

// For delivered GZIP' d files and tarballs, if option enabled...
 $config-> setGZipPath(' /bin' ) 

$config-> parentPath(' /var/www/svn' ) 

// $extEnscript[' .pas' ] = ' pascal'  
$extEnscript[' .pl' ] = " perl"  
$extEnscript[' .py' ] = " python"  
$extEnscript[' .sql' ] = " sql"  
$extEnscript[' .java' ] = " java"  
$extEnscript[' .html' ] = " html"  
$extEnscript[' .xml' ] = " html"  
$extEnscript[' .thtml' ] = " html"  
$extEnscript[' .tpl' ] = " html"  
$extEnscript[' .sh' ] = " bash"  

Restart the Apache services as shown below.

[root@linuxhelp1 include]# systemctl restart httpd.service

open the web browser and navigate to http://< Server’ s_ip> /websvn

[root@linuxhelp1 include]# firefox