How to update to latest version of SVN server?

Question

I currently have SVN server installed on my Linux Ubuntu machine, version 1.6.12.

I see that the latest version is 1.8.x and would like to update my installation to it, so I run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install subversion
svnserve --version

And it's telling me that it's still running version 1.6.12...

What's going on here?!? How do I actually update my installation through apt-get?

Solution

apt-get searches for the updates in the repositories created for your version of Ubuntu. The SVN server version is not likely going to change until you upgrade the whole system.

Comments

[pnongrata]

Thanks @choroba (+1) - so you mean running sudo apt-get install * instead of sudo apt-get install subversion, or do you mean something else? Thanks again!

[choroba]

No, to upgrade your distribution, you should use apt-get dist-upgrade. It involves changing sources of all the repositories, takes a lot of time and can break things. Be careful, make yourself sure you really want it.

[choroba]

According to packages.ubuntu.com/precise/devel/subversion, 12.04 should use subversion 1.6.17. Are you calling the right svnserve in /usr/bin?