'svn' binary could not be found in PATH error in Sublime text 2

Question

I installed Sublime Text 2 recently, and installed all the required packages like Sublime linter, Rope, Modific etc.,

But after opening the editor and when trying to do something, i am getting the below error within a POP-UP frequently and could able to work

So how to avoid it

'svn' binary could not be found in PATH

Consider using `vcs` property to specify PATH

PATH is: /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/home/username/bin

Are you trying to use svn, or is it some background process in sublime text? It should be easy enough to install if you need it: `yum install subversion` on a Red Hat-style Linux, or `apt-get install subversion` on an Ubuntu/Debian-style. If you don't want it, there's probably a menu option somewhere to tell Sublime to not check for SVN-versioned documents. — Rup, Dec 11 '13 at 13:36

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 21 '14 at 04:43

It's perhaps Modific package of Sublime why you see that error. Modific requires qualified path to git executable installed on your machine and it isn't finding it.

Strangely, Modific wont look past the Sublime Package Default/User Settings.

Go to Sublime Text 2 --> Preferences --> Package Settings --> Modific --> Settings - User.

Now you require to determine the path to your vcs or in your case: svn executable.

On most *nix systems: you can type which svn on terminal to get qualified installation path

Now add the following to aforementioned empty Settings - User file:

{
    "vcs": [
        {"name": "svn", "dir": ".svn", "cmd": "terminal output of **which svn** mentioned above"}
    ]
}

NOTE: Do not update the Settings-Default file as your changes will be over-written if Modific updates

Hope this helps!

had the same problem but with git (modific / sublime text 3), and this solved my problem (changed `git` to `/usr/bin/git` (osx el capitan). Thank you @Vikram ! — geevee, Nov 16 '15 at 07:12

'svn' binary could not be found in PATH error in Sublime text 2

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