How to setup proxy for SVN (subversion)

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If you are trying to download an svn package (subversion), use an http proxy server, and you are using a flavor of Unix or Linux, just setting your http_proxy variable will not work for you.  You need to setup a file in your home directory.  Here are the steps to get it to work:

1. First you have to make sure that you have subversion installed ( you can download subversion here: http://subversion.tigris.org )
2. Once you have it installed and you can run from your command-line, create a hidden directory in your home directory called ".subversion"
3. Now create a text file named servers (i.e. vi servers)
4. Inside this file type:

   [global] http-proxy-exceptions = *.example.com http-proxy-host = yourProxyServer.example.com http-proxy-port = 8080  #proxy server port number # http-proxy-username = defaultusername # http-proxy-password = defaultpassword # http-compression = no

You will need to uncomment user information if your proxy configuration requires it.