How To Install subversion-tools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install subversion-tools on Ubuntu.
What is subversion-tools
subversion-tools is:
This package includes miscellaneous tools for use with Apache Subversion clients and servers:
- svn-backup-dumps: Incremental dumpfile-based backup script
- svn-bisect: Bisect revisions to find a regression
- svn-clean: Remove unversioned files from a working copy
- svn-hot-backup: Backup script, primarily for BDB repositories
- svn_apply_autoprops: Apply property settings from .subversion/config file to an existing repository
- svn_load_dirs: Sophisticated replacement for ‘svn import’
- svnwrap: Set umask to 002 before calling svn or svnserve
- fsfs-access-map: Convert strace output into FSFS access map
- several example hook scripts: commit-access-control, commit-email, log-police, mailer, svnperms, verify-po
NOTE that some of these scripts are unsupported by upstream, and may change radically or disappear in future releases. Some of these scripts require packages on the Recommends list.
There are three methods to install subversion-tools on Ubuntu. 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install subversion-tools
Install subversion-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install subversion-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install subversion-tools
Install subversion-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install subversion-tools
How To Uninstall subversion-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the subversion-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove subversion-tools
Uninstall subversion-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall subversion-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove subversion-tools
Remove subversion-tools Configurations and Data
To remove subversion-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge subversion-tools
Remove subversion-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove subversion-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge subversion-tools
Dependencies
subversion-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install subversion-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.