Installing Subversion 1.5.3

Subversion [svn] is a version control system. A class of applications also referred to as Software Configuration Management (SCM).

Prerequisites
None

Versions used
VisualSVN 1.5.3
TortoiseSVN 1.5.3

Steps

1. Download visualsvn server from the visualsvn website. This is a free GUI for the subversion server. It also comes with svn command line tools e.g. svn.exe
2. Download tortoisesvn from the tortoisesvn website. This is a free GUI client for subversion. It is a windows explorer extension
3. Install tortoisesvn. This will require a restart
4. Install visualsvn server. You can specify to use http on port 81 for connections using a browser. Identify the folder where the svn server will keep it's database. Use svn authentication and create a user and password.