Installing Subversion 1.7 on Debian Squeeze via Apt

At work, I have to manage multiple patches on top of Subversion. When I used patch command to merge these patches I had to add and remove files to subversion manually. This was annoying.

Then I discovered svn patch command that is added in version 1.7. Since this version is not in Debian repositories yet I had to use this repository.

I you would like to use the latest subversion and insist on using the package manager like me, follow the steps below:

• Add deb http://opensource.wandisco.com/debian/ squeeze svn17 to your /etc/apt/sources.list file.
• Download the GPG key of the repository and add it to apt:
• wget http://opensource.wandisco.com/wandisco-debian.gpg.
• sudo apt-key add wandisco-debian.gpg.
• Run sudo aptitude.
• Press u to update package list.
• Find subversion package.
• Type / to enter search mode
• Type a few letter from the search term, “subversion” and then press ENTER.
• Type n until the cursor is on the correct line.
• Check that the version is 1.7 and something.
• Type + and then g
• Review the list of packages to be added, removed and upgraded.
• Type g again to run the update.

You might want to install/upgrade other Subversion related packages like python-subversion along with the main package. You might also want to comment this repository from the sources.list once the upgrade is finished.

Enjoy.