I have had no problems installing/running CouchDB on Arch Linux. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Couchdb
*basically just install:* pacman -S couchdb *start:* rc.d start couchdb *and add to your daemons in /etc/rc.conf:* DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond sshd httpd couchdb) On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:34 AM, CGS <[email protected]> wrote: > Sincerely, I never used rake. Instead I followed the instructions from: > > http://wiki.apache.org/**couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu<http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu> > > especially, installing from source. You may want to give it a try. > > In addition, for 1.1.0, use "git clone git://github.com/membase/** > spidermonkey.git <http://github.com/membase/spidermonkey.git>" to get the > working Spidermonkey version for CouchDB 1.1.0. > > Another alternative is to use version 1.1.1 which is under voting now. > > Cheers, > CGS > > > > > > On 10/24/2011 05:25 PM, Clarke Bishop wrote: > >> I simply want to use CouchDB to develop couch apps. I want to use Kanso >> for >> couch apps and some other tools that seem to work best under Linux. It >> seemed like everything on Cygwin/Windows was up hill all the way! >> >> I think once I get CouchDB installed on Linux, I'll be fine. >> >> Clarke >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ryan Ramage [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:12 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Linux Alternatives for CouchDB >> >> I am not sure if you mean a development environment to develop couchdb >> itself or simply to use couchdb. For Windows support you might want to >> discuss with Dave Cottlehuber. >> Dave has put together some good support for windows with his installers >> here: >> >> https://github.com/dch/**couchdb/downloads<https://github.com/dch/couchdb/downloads> >> >> Have you given that a try? >> >> Ryan >> >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Clarke >> Bishop<cbishop@resultantsys.**com<[email protected]> >> > >> wrote: >> >>> I am setting up a development environment to learn CouchDB. But, I'm >>> using >>> Windows. >>> >>> >>> >>> I tried Cygwin, but kept running into various problems. So, I decided to >>> switch to Linux running under VMware. I still think this is the best >>> direction. >>> >>> >>> >>> I downloaded the latest version of Ubuntu (11.10) and installed it. But, >>> then I discovered that CouchDB 1.1 support was limited, and I haven't >>> been >>> able to get CouchDB installed. >>> >>> >>> >>> Here's my question. What's the best, stable version of Linux for running >>> CouchDB 1.1? Should I use another version of Ubuntu or another >>> >> distribution >> >>> entirely? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks for any advice. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >
