svn1.8.9 with HTTP support.

In new SVN 1.8.9, when you

"svn co http://..."

This will give you an error: 

"svn: .... Unrecognized URL scheme for...."

What is missing? 

try: 

"svn --version" 

you will find "ra_dav" is not there. Older version of SVN need "neon" to support HTTP. But this version needs "serf" .

Install serf : 

unfortunately you need to first install scons: 

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scons/scons-2.3.2.tar.gz
tar vxf scons-2.3.2.tar.gz

cd scons-2.3.2/

python setup.py install

now you need to the scons you just installed. Mine is in: $HOME/env/bin/scons

wget http://serf.googlecode.com/svn/src_releases/serf-1.3.6.tar.bz2

tar vxf serf-1.3.6.tar.bz2 

cd  serf-1.3.6

 ~/env/bin/scons PREFIX=$HOME/.local

 ~/env/bin/scons install

 install svn.

 just cd into the untarred folder: 

./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local

make 

make install