Can not connect to Remote SVN repositories

Question

I am unable to connect to any remote repository to check out the code. I get the following error consistently.

svn: E175002: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk'
svn: E175002: OPTIONS of 'http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk': Could not resolve hostname `svn.apache.org'
: This is usually a temporary error during hostname resolution and means that the local server did not receive a response from an authoritative server. (http://svn.apache.org)

The command that I used is

svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk subversion

I can access the repository using a browser without any issues.

It seems to be an issue with the settings here, as I can access the locally hosted(on my computer, as well as on the corporate network) SVN repositories seamlessly.

Edit: Once I figured out that SVN does not use the proxy settings of the host machine, I could quickly edit my servers file to fix the issue.

Check `http-proxy-host` and related config in SVNBook http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.confarea.html#svn.advanced.confarea.opts.config — bahrep, Apr 30 '13 at 11:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '13 at 07:41

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Try pinging the svn server from terminal. If it's not able to resolve the name you might have to check your DNS server config.

answered Apr 30 '13 at 07:41

KT100

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I am behind a proxy and can not ping even Google! – Vaibhav Garg Apr 30 '13 at 07:47
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Then obviously that's the problem. – KT100 Apr 30 '13 at 07:48
But are you trying to access the svn repository from the same machine that you're browsing from? Or perhaps you are on a vnc session on another server that might have access restrictions. Just checking all possibilities. – KT100 Apr 30 '13 at 07:55
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@VaibhavGarg - Then you should be asking how to configure the subversion client to use a proxy. – Álvaro González Apr 30 '13 at 08:18
Well, that assumes that I know that it's a proxy issue @ÁlvaroG.Vicario which I didn't. – Vaibhav Garg Apr 30 '13 at 09:03
I was not scolding you, just letting you know what the issue is :) – Álvaro González Apr 30 '13 at 09:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '13 at 08:15

If the browser is able to access it but not the SVN client, perhaps it's some kind of caching or DNS issue. I would suggest firstly trying to flush the DNS cache with one of the methods described here (you don't mention which platform this is on). If that doesn't work then reboot and try again. If you still have the problem then try switching to another account on the machine and check out from there, just to see if it's a problem with the machine or with your account. If it's fine on the other account then maybe it's your SVN client settings that may be messed up, so try taking a copy of the ~/.subversion folder (or %APPDATA%\.subversion on Windows) then deleting it and try again.

Can not connect to Remote SVN repositories

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