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Re: Newbee Install Problem

From: Terry Benge <cavalier-ltd_at_btconnect.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:09:36 +0100

The install requires the repository etc to be setup. I think I've done
all that the install docs say. Hence why im now stuck.
Terry

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On 1 Jul 2009, at 09:03, Johan Corveleyn <johan.corveleyn_at_uz.kuleuven.ac.be
> wrote:

>> I've installed the Redhat RPMS.
>>
>> Everything appears fine, but when I try to access the server from
>> the browser using the suggested URL, it just times out with
>> "Network Timeout"
>>
>> The Subversion httpd jobs are all running.
>> I've tried changing the ports and domain.
>>
>> I think I've just missed something fundamental.
>>
>> Any Ideas?
>
> Hm, I don't know how it works with installing RPMS on Redhat, but I
> suppose you have to do something more than just installing the
> software.
>
> For instance, you'll have to create a new repository first, before
> you can do anything else:
> svnadmin create /path/to/my/repository
>
> And then you'll usually have to create some top-level directories to
> organize everything (e.g. trunk, branches and tags; or project1,
> project2, ... and trunk, branches, tags underneath each of them).
> There is no strict rule on how to do this (Subversion doesn't really
> care, it's all just directories for svn), but there are some common
> practices. See:
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.reposadmin.planning.html#svn.reposadmin.projects.chooselayout
>
> Also, it's not because httpd processes are running, that they are
> correctly configured to serve your repository (maybe this is
> automatically arranged by installing the rpm's, but I don't know).
> You should check your apache config, and refer to http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.serverconfig.httpd.html
> to know more about this ...
>
> Maybe you did all that (or maybe it's implicit in the install), but
> that's not really clear from your mail.
>
> If you need to understand more, take a look at the entire SVN book:
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
>
> And then experiment a little bit, without committing anything
> important, to get a feel for how it works ...
>
> Regards,
> Johan
>

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