I could of course have used the gui’s to undo all the changes I made but why bother? This is Linux after all!

# cd
# [sudo] rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

First of all install the basic Ubuntu Server edition

Then run the following script……….

#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-core gdm network-manager-gnome
human-theme x11-xserver-utils tangerine-icon-theme
gnome-themes-ubuntu ubuntu-artwork jockey-gtk
gnome-screensaver gnome-utils

# Extras.....
sudo apt-get install -y tsclient system-config-samba
gnome-disk-utility

First of all you’ll need to see if you’ve got Subversion installed. Check this article on how to query installed packages or just try executing:

% svn help

If you haven’t got Subversion installed then:

% apt-get install subversion

Users and Groups

% addgroup subversion
% usermod -a -G subversion yourUser

Create Repository

% svnadmin create /path/to/repository

Configure Repository

% chgrp -R subversion /path/to/repository
% chmod -R g+rws /path/to/repository
% vi /path/to/repository/conf/svnserve.conf

Edit/uncomment the following lines:

anon-access = none
auth-access = write
password-db = passwd

% vi /path/to/repository/conf/passwd

Add the following line:

yourUser = yourSecretPassword

Start Subversion Server as Daemon

svnserve -d

Troubleshooting

You will need sudo or root access (unless you want to see a lot of permission denied errors!)
If you see this error (when using Windows SVN client):

Can’t move
‘..\..\.svn\entries’ to ‘..\..\.svn\entries’:
The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

Then try excluding the local directory from the Windows Indexer.

dpkg --get-selections

To filter the list

dpkg --get-selections | grep XXX