mod_dav_svn loading error on centos 5

Question

I am trying to install subversion on a centos VPS. I managed to install subversion and mod_dav_svn and now I am trying to configure them.

I edited httpd.conf and added the lines:

LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module modules/mod_authz_svn.so

But this crashes apache on restart:

httpd: Syntax error on line 1 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 1 of /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/pre_main_global.conf: Cannot load /usr/local/apache/modules/mod_dav_svn.so into server: /usr/lib64/libsvn_fs_base-1.so.0: undefined symbol: db_create

Answer 1

http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=14586 :

This error means that you are loading mod_dav_svn into your httpd but you're not loading the mod_dav. Try to add the following line to your httpd.conf modules section:

LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so

Answer 2

i managed to fix the error. It wasnt from not loading dav_module, i forgot to mention i already run httpd - M to see the loaded modules and mod_dav was loaded.

The problem was with Berkeley DB package,

The solution i found is explained here: FIX UNDEFINED SYMBOL: DB_CREATE ISSUE WITH MOD SVN DAV AND APACHE 2

Answer 3

Please add these config entries by yourself. Do not just copy and paste from somewhere. I ran into the same issue and manually adding the entries fixed the problem.