This is a simple guide for a simple SVN server solution. I am installing Subversion with a MacPorts nice little auto-installer for public packages.

I started off by using MacPorts to search for the package with:

then installed the package with

MacPorts installs all the required packages and the latest subversion release.

Subversion is now installed. Now let's get the Server setup.

Create a folder where you will be storing all your Repository files. (/RepoHome)

Then to create a new repo from the shell run:

This next step is Optional. If you want to have user authentication, you need to go to the folder of the repo you want to add security to. In the /conf folder you will see 3 files. Open all 3 and the comments say it all.

Now, to start up our SVN server.

If running a Firewall be sure ports 3690 and 80 are open.

To connect to the repo point your SVN client to: