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I am new to Maven and Eclipse, I need to check out an existing Maven project from a SVN repository. I have installed the M2E plugin and the subversion plugin and they seem to be working properly. Here are the Installation Details --> 
When I right click in the project explorer and select Import -> SVN -> Project from SVN, then select the repository location and click finish, I am prompted with 4 possibilities
What is the procedure for checking out a Maven Project from this point on, or am I on the right track here?
Thanks for your help in advance!
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Go to File->New->Other->Under the SVN category, select Checkout Projects from SVN. Select your project's root folder and select checkout as a project in the workspace.
Apache Maven and SVN (Subversion) are primarily classified as "Java Build" and "Version Control System" tools respectively. "Dependency management" is the top reason why over 125 developers like Apache Maven, while over 17 developers mention "Easy to use" as the leading cause for choosing SVN (Subversion).
tl;dr : Check out this video. The portion between 1:04 and 1:50 should answer your question (To skip to the interesting part, click on the youtube player and press 4).
You already have the SVN connector for m2e installed. Thus it should be possible to Import Existing Maven Project from the SVN repository.
From the options you have listed in the above snapshot, you should be able to proceed after selecting the First or the Fourth option i.e. :
(according to Mauno V's suggestion below) To convert this imported project into a Maven project Right Click on it and do a Configure -> Convert to a Maven Project like so :
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