Subversion is not available now?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:56:27 +0000, LI, NING wrote:
>Now why it says "E: Unable to locate package subversion" and "E:
>Unable to locate package libapache2-svn" by issuing command "$ apt-get
>install subversion" and "$ apt-get install libapache2-svn",
>respectively?
>
>These commands are listed on your web page
>"http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html#ubuntu"

Hi,

this isn't an official Ubuntu website, only the link to the Ubuntu
package search is a link to an official Ubuntu website.

First of all

$ apt-get install foo

can not work, because an install requires root privileges, IOW it must
be

$ sudo apt-get install foo

in addition, you need to ensure that the package index is synced, so
first you need to run

$ sudo apt-get update

it could be that you also need to upgrade your install, assumed the
software you want to install depends on a dedicated version of
something that is already installed, but outdated.

At minimum you need to run

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get subversion libapache2-svn

Perhaps an upgrade is required, then you need to run

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get subversion libapache2-svn

The appropriate mailing list for such a request isn't this list, it's

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

More information on how to use apt is provided by

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto

Regards,
Ralf