Simple guide to setup SVN a server for home users
Setting up a SVN server and connecting to it with a remote computer in the same network is a challenging task if you really don’t know what you are doing. Here is the simplest way of doing it without making a mess.
- First of all you should have at least two pcs networked with each other
- Install Ubuntu server edition to one pc and keep windows 7 in another pc
- Ubuntu pc is going to be the server and windows pc is going to be the client
- Start both pcs and note down your Ubuntu pc’s ip address
- Type this to install SVN in Ubuntu command line
apt-get install subversion
- Now you are done installing SVN and setting up the server. However you have to connect to the server from your client pc now.
- Move on to the client pc
- Download PuTTY client for windows.(google the name PuTTY)
- Type your server’s IP address and click SSH and type 22 as the port then connect by clicking open.
- Log in to your Ubuntu pc remotely
- Now you are done! You can use SVN in any amount of client pcs in your network.
