Installing R packages from subversion

[StatSteph]

I'm trying to install an R package from subversion. I thought I've installed subversion on my computer but it's still not working. Any ideas?

I'm on Windows and installed both of these:

• Downloads · TortoiseSVN
• Download: Windows Subversion client

remotes::install_svn(
  url="https://r-forge.r-project.org/scm/viewvc.php/?root=r-survey")
#> Error: Failed to install 'unknown package' from SVN:
#>   SVN does not seem to be installed on your system.

^{Created on 2026-02-12 with reprex v2.1.1}

[Gabor]

If svn on the PATH? I.e. can Sys.which("svn") find it? If not, then you'll probably need to put it on the PATH.