# Svn: command not found?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-command-not-found/128449>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 7, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-command-not-found/128449 "2008-02-07T20:14:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pete)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-command-not-found/128449/1 "2008-02-07T20:14:05Z")

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Hi-

Trying to install some plugins and I get the following:

/path\_to\_ruby/ruby-1.8.6-p111/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/  
commands/plugin.rb:258: warning: Insecure world writable dir /  
path\_to\_ruby/apps in PATH, mode 040777  
sh: svn: command not found

What’s going on here?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pete)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-command-not-found/128449/2 "2008-02-07T20:24:07Z")

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You need to install svn (subversion). If you do some Googling you will  
find it for your platform.  
Judging by the message you are running a Mac, and svn is not installed  
on the Mac by default.

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**Author:** ![pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pete)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-command-not-found/128449/3 "2008-02-07T20:31:30Z")

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Mac Os X Leoapard comes with svn installed by default

Herman Jansen wrote:

> You need to install svn (subversion). If you do some Googling you will  
> find it for your platform.  
> Judging by the message you are running a Mac, and svn is not installed  
> on the Mac by default.

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**Author:** ![pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pete)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-command-not-found/128449/4 "2008-02-07T20:39:29Z")

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I’m on RedHat Linux.

Doesn’t svn come with any of the rails gems?

On Feb 7, 7:31 pm, Andreh L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pete](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pete)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-command-not-found/128449/5 "2008-02-07T20:46:07Z")

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I think you’ll have to install svn.  
take a look at this:  
[http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/INSTALL](http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/INSTALL)

and this:  
[http://subversion.tigris.org/](http://subversion.tigris.org/)

pete wrote:

> I’m on RedHat Linux.
> 
> Doesn’t svn come with any of the rails gems?
> 
> On Feb 7, 7:31 pm, Andreh L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)