How to setup svn repository

I use Linux Ubuntu 11.04, as root:

First, make sure you have svn installed or you can install it with command:
# apt-get install subversion
mine already installed version 1.6.12

Step 1, create svn repository directory:
# cd /your/repo
# svnadmin create dir

Step 2, edit server configuration:
# vi /your/repo/dir/conf/svnserve.conf
Edit/uncomment following:
anon-access = read
auth-access = write
and uncomment below:
password-db = passwd

Step 3, edit passwd file in the same directory
# vi /your/repo/dir/conf/passwd
edit:
[users]
user = password

Step 4, to run the svn server at boot (from init.d), you need to create a script:
# cd /etc/init.d
# vi mysvn
Then paste code below into the script:
#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          svnserve
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $syslog $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $syslog $remote_fs
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start svnserve
### END INIT INFO

# Author: Michal Wojciechowski <odyniec@odyniec.net>

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
DESC="svnserve"
NAME=svnserve
DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
DAEMON_ARGS="-d -r /your/repo/dir"
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0

[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME

. /lib/init/vars.sh

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

do_start()
{
   start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
      || return 1
   start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- \
      $DAEMON_ARGS \
      || return 2
}

do_stop()
{
   start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
   RETVAL="$?"
   [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
   start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
   [ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
   rm -f $PIDFILE 
   return "$RETVAL"
}

case "$1" in
  start)
   [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
   do_start
   case "$?" in
      0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
      2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
   esac
   ;;
  stop)
   [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
   do_stop
   case "$?" in
      0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
      2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
   esac
   ;;  
  restart|force-reload)
   log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
   do_stop
   case "$?" in
     0|1)
      do_start
      case "$?" in
         0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
         1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
         *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
      esac
      ;;
     *)
      # Failed to stop
      log_end_msg 1
      ;;
   esac
   ;;
  *)
   echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
   exit 3
   ;;
esac

exit 0

Step 5, make the script executable and starts on default runlevel:
# chmod +x mysvn
# update-rc.d mysvn defaults

Step 6, import your project into svn repository:
# svn import project_dir file:///your/repo/dir/project -m "First"

Done.

You can start working on your project by checking out:
$ svn co svn://user@hostname/project myworkingdir

Enjoy.

Thanks to Michal Wojciechowski for the boot script.