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The "Installing_on_Ubuntu" page has been changed by gonvaled: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu?action=diff&rev1=77&rev2=78 Comment: Added instructions to install spidermonkey from source This solution is referenced in bug report [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xulrunner-1.9/+bug/557275|#557275]]. + ==== Installing spidermonkey from source ==== + + This has been tested on Ubuntu 8.04 Server, with couchdb 1.2.0, from source. + + {{{ + install_spidermonkey_ ( ) { + cd /tmp + SPIDERMONKEY_VER="js185-1.0.0" + SPIDERMONKEY_DIR="js-1.8.5" + wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/${SPIDERMONKEY_VER}.tar.gz + tar xvzf ${SPIDERMONKEY_VER}.tar.gz + cd ${SPIDERMONKEY_DIR}/js/src + make distclean 2> /dev/null # Just in case it is dirty + ./configure + make clean + make + sudo make install + sudo ldconfig # Make sure the new libraries are reachable + } + install_spidermonkey_ + }}} + + And then, to build couch: + {{{ + JS_LIB="/usr/local/lib/libmozjs185.so" + JS_INCLUDE="/usr/local/include/js" + ./configure --with-js-lib=${JS_LIB} --with-js-include=${JS_INCLUDE} + }}} + + Note: because the libtools in Ubuntu 8.04 are old, the macro LT_INIT is not supported. + To install CouchDB 1.2.0, some hacking must be performed on the configure script: + + {{{ + sed -i -e 's/^LT_INIT/#LT_INIT/' configure + }}} + ==== System updates ==== When performing system updates (using apt-get or package manager) please keep in mind that the `/etc/ld.so.conf.d/xulrunner.conf` file is not maintained by the system and will not be updated if a new version of xulrunner is deployed!
