Working with SubVersion

Setting up the initial environment

Create a directory for the project. (say Axis2).
Check whether you have svn rpm installed with your linux distribution. Else get the svn rpm and run it.
run svn co <repository URL>, where repositoty URL is one of the following
Committers - https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/axis/trunk/java
Others - http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/axis/trunk/java

Note for committers : If it's your first time for Apache SVN, you need to activate your account for SVN. Please log on svn.apache.org with your Apache ID and run svnpasswd once. And you have to check out from

Install Maven. See here for instructions.
Go to the Axis2 folder in the command prompt and type "maven". This will automatically download all the jars, compile, test and build the system.

Create a folder for the project. (say Axis2).
Install your favourite SVN client or select one from here
Do a checkout from one of the URLs.
Committers - https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/axis/trunk/java
Others - http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/axis/trunk/java

Note for committers : If it's your first time for Apache SVN, you need to activate your account for SVN. Please log on svn.apache.org with your Apache ID and run svnpasswd once. And you have to check out from

Install Maven. See here for instructions.
Go to the Axis2 folder in the command prompt and type "maven". This will automatically download all the jars, compile, test and build the system.

Intellij IDEA - type maven idea:multiproject This will generate IDEA .ipr, .iml and .iws project files
Eclipse and others- Maven doesn't contain multiproject support for eclipse. You have to manually setup the project. If you have run "maven" earlier, all the required jars must have been downloaded to {USER_HOME}\.maven\repository folder.

To learn more about svn, go here.