For reasons that I'm not interested in, setting up Apache Subversion (SVN) access from inside Eclipse Helios IDE is not a single step action. Below are the steps required to gain access to your SVN repository. Some prerequisites:

1. Eclipse 3.6 Helios installed. (Duh.) I'm running the 64-bit version, but expect the installation procedure to be the same for 32-bit machines.
2. A MacPorts installation, with the rights to use it.

With the above ready to go, follow these steps:

1. Install JavaHL. These are Java-SVN bindings. The Subclipse software that you'll install next from inside Eclipse does not do this for you. You'll do this inside Terminal.

   
   sudo port install subversion +bash_completion
   sudo port install subversion-javahlbindings

2. Install Subclipse
   1. From the Eclipse menu bar: Help >> Eclipse Marketplace...
   2. Select the 'Popular' button, it'll bring Subclipse to the top.
   3. Click the 'Install button', which is highlighted in red below for your unicorn-loving convenience.

And after a quick restart, you are good to go!

Curious about the difference between Subclipse and Subversion? Check out "SVN plugins for Eclipse - Subclipse vs. Subversive" at Stackoverflow.com and Karl Fogel's comments at (one of the founders of the Subversion project, as well as one of the original CVS developers) on an Eclipsezone.com thread.

In a nutshell? They are very similar, but Subclipse is more "open".

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Posted by Stu Thompson on 14 September 2010 12:33:00 CEST #