Create a folder where you will store all datasets, e.g.:
mkdir Datasets
In your .bashrc script, create a new environment variable pointing to the dataset folder:
export SVO_DATASET_DIR=${HOME}/Datasets
Source your new .bashrc script, go to the new dataset folder and download the test data:
source ~/.bashrc
cd ${SVO_DATASET_DIR}
wget http://rpg.ifi.uzh.ch/datasets/sin2_tex2_h1_v8_d.tar.gz -O - | tar -xz
You can then run the tests, e.g.:
rosrun svo test_pipeline
or if you are not using ROS:
cd svo/bin
./test_pipeline