Hi All, I was able to get CouchDB 1.0.1 installed and running via these instructions: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu. I followed the very top "Batteries Included" instructions.
I'm a little wary to try and upgrade it though--I'm about one step up from a Linux noob. It's been a while. whereis couchdb couchdb: /usr/bin/couchdb /etc/couchdb /usr/lib/couchdb /usr/share/couchdb /usr/share/man/man1/couchdb.1.gz I am not sure how I would upgrade it. - vince On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:18 PM, CGS <[email protected]> wrote: > So, Ubuntu 11 doesn't have any CouchDB package? Strange. Because Ubuntu 10 > has CouchDB 0.9. > > Vince, what you did is correct, only that you need to install CouchDB > before. Using build-couchdb may not put it in the correct path for you to > follow those instructions. If you want to run it as user and you use > build-couchdb, then you don't need anymore those steps. Just don't forget to > start CouchDB with -b option (given that build-couchdb will be successful). > > Cheers, > CGS > > > > > > > On 10/26/2011 08:27 PM, kowsik wrote: > >> Try this: https://gist.github.com/**1171217<https://gist.github.com/1171217>. >> Uses build-couchdb from >> @iriscouch to build everything from source, configure couchdb, hookup >> logrotate, etc. >> >> K. >> --- >> http://blitz.io >> @pcapr >> >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Vince Cardillo<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I wanted to install CouchDB on the free tier of Amazon Web Services so >>> that >>> I could play wiht and explore it. >>> >>> I was following these instructions: >>> http://wiki.apache.org/**couchdb/Getting_started_with_**Amazon_EC2<http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Getting_started_with_Amazon_EC2> >>> >>> The 2nd line says this: Start the Ubuntu 8.10 server image, ami-5059be39 >>> >>> I searched for that image, and it isn't found in the AWS EC2 listing. So >>> I >>> instead installed Ubuntu 11.10 (GNU/Linux 3.0.0-12-virtual i686) (AMI ID: >>> ami-2e90242f). >>> >>> I got through most of the steps, until I hit this step: >>> sudo adduser --system --home /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb >>> --no-create-home --shell /bin/bash --group --gecos 'CouchDB account' >>> couchdb >>> >>> It specifies a home directory, but then has the no-create-home flag, and >>> so >>> at the end it says "not creating home directory". The next command >>> results >>> in this error: >>> >>> chown: cannot access `/usr/local/var/lib/couchdb': No such file or >>> directory >>> >>> This command is listed as optional: >>> sudo vim /usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.**ini >>> >>> However, that directory doesn't exist. >>> >>> One more thing. If I run "whereis yum" I get this: yum: /usr/bin/yum >>> /etc/yum /usr/share/man/man8/yum.8.gz >>> >>> If I run "whereis couchdb" I get this: couchdb: >>> >>> Step 8 says: sudo -i -u couchdb couchdb >>> I do that and get this: >>> sudo: unable to change directory to /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb: No such >>> file >>> or directory >>> sudo: unable to execute /bin/bash: No such file or directory >>> >>> >>> Right now I am pretty stuck. I am not sure if couchdb installed correctly >>> or >>> not via the prior steps. And I am not really sure where it is, how to >>> start/stop it, etc. Help is very appreciated! >>> >>> >>> Thank you for any help, >>> - vince >>> >>> >
