Question

I have installed from XCode -> Preferences -> Downloads the Command Line Tools. I thought I will get the latest version of command-line tools that I need.

1. I checked using xcrun -find svn :
   • I found a first Subversion on /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/
   • the version of this svn is 1.6.18 (r1303927).
2. Then I used which svn :
   • I found another Subversion on /usr/bin/
   • the version is svn, version 1.6.18 (r1303927).

What the f**k is going on ? Do I have two copies on my os x ? the same build & compiled the same day ? or is there a link ? how to make appear plz ?

I remember using xcode-select… to make my command-line use the versions on /Applications/XCode.app/. So there is definitely something wrong here !

On Apache-Subversion website, the recommended version is 1.7.7. So I intend to update the svn I use. The best way (for me) to get the binary package on Mac OS X, is by using MacPorts.

I runned port installed subversion svn -> None of the specified ports are installed. !

If I install using macports the latest svn, I may a third one somewhere lost on my osx.

Please, this is not a technical problem because I can work perfectly with the old svn, but I need explanation. And my question is What is going on ?

ps: feel free to edit my post to fit the requirement of a good question on stackoverflow.

Answer 1

Install macports, which will modify your ~/.profile to include /opt/local/bin at the start of $PATH (you might have to log out and back in for this to take effect).

Then:

$ sudo port install subversion

After that, which svn should show:

/opt/local/bin/svn