Got through installing apr, apr-utils, and the sqlite3 failure.
The apr portion of the build fails.
------ making all in apr
/home/esr/svn/subversion/apr
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/esr/svn/subversion/apr'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/esr/svn/subversion/apr'
/bin/bash /libtool --silent --mode=compile gcc -g -O2 -pthread
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -I./include
-I/home/esr/svn/subversion/apr/include/arch/unix -I./include/arch/unix
-I/home/esr/svn/subversion/apr/include/arch/unix
-I/home/esr/svn/subversion/apr/include -o passwd/apr_getpass.lo -c
passwd/apr_getpass.c && touch passwd/apr_getpass.lo
/bin/bash: /libtool: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [passwd/apr_getpass.lo] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/esr/svn/subversion/apr'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/esr/svn/subversion/apr'
make: *** [external-all] Error 1
Advice?
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"Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people,
and therefore deprive them of arms."
--Aristotle