Proper way to install SVNKit 1.7.x in Eclipse?

Question

Folks,

I am a bit confused on how to get SVNKit 1.7 Beta 3 to work under Eclipse Indigo.

Using the Eclipse update site mentioned at http://svnkit.com/download.php, I installed new software from http://eclipse.svnkit.com/1.7.x. I selected both the items on the list, the core SVNKit Library and optional JNA Library.

The installation seems to have succeeded. When I look at the list of installed software, I see SVN Library 1.70 Beta 3 in the list.

However, Eclipse still does not recognized that my projects are source controlled.

When I go to Preferences, all I see is SVNKit 1.3.6-v1. I do not see SVNKit 1.7.

Is there some other step that I am missing? How do I get Subversive to recognized my Subversion 1.7 based projects?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Regards,
Peter

Answer 1

Just for the records, as of March 2013, Subversive does seem to work with SVNKit 1.7.

I installed both (SVNKit 1.7.8 and then Subversive Service Release 1.0.1) on Eclipse Indigo and haven't run into any problems so far.

If you want to give it a try, just make sure to uninstall the previous version first, as the Subversive latest releases page points out:

Subversive 0.7 to 1.0 Upgrade Notes

If need to update Subversive from 0.7.x to the 1.0.0 version, uninstall the previously installed Subversive 0.7.x plug-in version first. Otherwise during the installation process you'll be blocked by the old connectors version that is incompatible with the 1.0.0 release and couldn't be installed simultaneously with the main plug-in due to the installation UI restrictions.

Regards

Answer 2

Yes, it works with Subclipse, but not Subversive.

Answer 3

In order to install SVNKit 1.7.x for Subversive I've opened Eclipse > Help > Install new software and used the link from http://www.polarion.com/products/svn/subversive/download.php page:

http://community.polarion.com/projects/subversive/download/eclipse/3.0/kepler-site/ – [required] Subversive SVN Connectors

After that new connector appeared under Eclipse Preferences.

Answer 4

To install SVNKit as an Eclipse plugin or to make sure that you have the latest version installed, use http://eclipse.svnkit.com/1.7.x/ as an update site location in Eclipse Update Manager.

• List item In Eclipse menu select Help->Software Updates
• List item Then choose 'Available Software' tab
• List item Click 'Add Site...' button
• List item Type http://eclipse.svnkit.com/1.7.x/ in the 'Location' field and press 'OK'.
• List item Check the new site (it should appear in the list of update sites) and follow further steps as prompted by Eclipse.

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Use http://eclipse.svnkit.com/1.3.x/ as an update site location to get older version of SVNKit (1.3.8).