cd ~/install_files
tar zxf subversion-1.4.3.tar.gz
cd subversion-1.4.3
./configure PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python \--with-swig=$HOME/packages/bin/swig --without-berkeley-db\--with-ssl--with-zlib
make
make install
make swig-py
make install-swig-py
cd /usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages
echo /usr/local/lib/svn-python > subversion.pth
ln-s /usr/local/lib/svn-python/libsvn
ln-s /usr/local/lib/svn-python/svn
ln-s /usr/local/lib/libsvn_swig_py-1.so.0
Test it with python -c"from svn import client"(No errors should result.)
