Download the latest tarball distribution from the Downloads
Page.
Build and install it according to the instructions in the
INSTALL file in the top level of the distribution. You will end up
with a 'svn' binary in the subversion/clients/cmdline/ directory
(or installed in /usr/local/bin/, if you ran 'make install'.)
Use it to check out the newest Subversion source:
$ svn co http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk -d subversion
That will get you a new working copy directory named `subversion/',
containing the latest, bleeding-edge source.
(Some people have reported DNS lookup errors for `svn.collab.net'.
The IP address is 216.127.237.133, in case you should need it.)
-
cd subversion
svn status
svn update
etc, etc, etc...
Now you have a working copy. Most commands work like you
would expect. Many of them have bugs, or misconfigured defaults.
Many features are missing. Please make sure you're subscribed to
dev@subversion.tigris.org if you're going to run this.
Here's a hint: read the introductory SVN for CVS Users paper
on the Docs page. It
should help.
Generally, you should always rebuild and install Subversion
from your working copy (read the INSTALL and HACKING files). The
latest available tarball is still not as recent as an up-to-date
working copy. The tarballs are just there to help people
bootstrap, and (eventually) to provide stability checkpoints.
Read the Warnings
and Inconveniences Page for information about some particularly
annoying bugs and their workarounds.