How to install CollabNet Subversion Edge 4.0.10 in Ubuntu 14.04?

Question

Can anyone tell me the procedure to install CollabNet Subversion Edge 4.0.10 on Ubuntu 14.04?

I am new to Ubuntu.

In what format is the downloaded file? I tried downloading but they said I had to sign up first - of course I didn't. — Parto, Aug 18 '14 at 09:00
@Parto,The downloaded file is CollabNetSubversionEdge-4.0.10_linux-x86.tar.gz. — Ashrumochan, Aug 18 '14 at 09:03
possible duplicate of How do I install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file? — Parto, Aug 18 '14 at 09:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 16 '14 at 21:03

Here's what I did, step by step:

Installed a "next-next-next" implementation of Ubuntu 14.04 server.
Logged in as root on the console, then ran the following command:
```
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
```
Next we create a non-root user. In this example we are using svnadministrator .
```
sudo adduser svnadministrator  
```
(couple of prompts for this procedure, password/user, detail, etc.)
```
sudo visudo
```
Look for---> root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL and then below that put in the entry below:
```
svnadministrator ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
```
Save your changes.
LOGGED OUT OF ROOT and then log in as the non-root user you created (svnadministrator in this example).

!!!The notes for subversion says to try and do it as a non-root user, so I did.!!!
```
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java  
sudo apt-get update  
```
(You can change the "6" to "7" or "8" in the next command, depending on the Java version you want. SVN seemed to want 6)
```
sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-installer
```

(Agree to terms.)

sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-set-default

Set the home variable.

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-oracle/

Get the installer from http://www.collab.net/svnedge. You'll need to login in and/or create an account.

(I downloaded it to my Windows box then SCP'd it over to my Linux box)
```
tar -zxf CollabNetSubversionEdge-1.1.0_linux-x86.tar.gz
```
The tar.gz file is unpacked to the csvn directory.
```
cd csvn  
bin/csvn start  
```
(Wait a minute or so...)

http://192.168.x.x:3343/csvn/login/auth

DONE!

Why do you use a nonstandard Java? – Reinier Post Nov 15 '15 at 20:30 — Reinier Post, Nov 15 '15 at 20:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '14 at 09:31

There is a dedicated page hosted by collabnet on this topic.

How ever summarizing the process:

If you have Java installed. Set you JAVA_HOME to point your installation directory. If you don't have java installed then install it first.
Extract your files from archive tar -vzxf CollabNetSubversionEdge<your_version>.tar.gz
Change directory and execute executable csvn/bin/csvn start

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