Install SVN 1.8 on Centos 7

Step 0 : Remove old version of subversion (if already installed)

#yum remove subversion

Step 1: Setup Yum Repository

Create a new repo file /etc/yum.repos.d/wandisco-svn.repo and add following content

[WandiscoSVN]
name=Wandisco SVN Repo
baseurl=http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/svn-1.8/RPMS/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Step 2: Install Subversion Package

# yum clean all
# yum install subversion

Step 3: Verify Subversion Version

# svn --version


svn, version 1.8.13 (r1667537)
   compiled Apr  2 2015, 15:54:41 on i686-pc-linux-gnu

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This software consists of contributions made by many people;
see the NOTICE file for more information.
Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.apache.or