thanks lenz - I already tried that I should have mentioned that :)
Thanks Graeme On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:04 PM, lenz <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, > depending on your environment a > > # sudo ./bin/couchdb ... > > could help with starting. > > cheers > lenz > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Graeme Nelson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hello Everyone - > > > > I am trying to follow along with: > > > > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Contributing#head-d524b182f054dc9b0c6d6f16a78ee1603a08331b > > > > I was able to successfully build and install from this source, but I am > > unable to start up couchdb from within my source directory. > > > > I created a couch_dev.ini file that contains the following: > > > > [couchdb] > > allow_remote_restart = true > > database_dir = . > > util_driver_dir = src/couchdb/.libs > > > > [httpd] > > bind_address = 127.0.0.1 > > port = 5985 > > utils_dir = share/www > > > > [log] > > file = couch.log > > level = debug > > > > [query_servers] > > javascript = src/couchdb/couchjs share/server/main.js > > > > I try and start couchdb with the following command from within the source > > directory: > > > > ./bin/couchdb -c couch_dev.ini > > > > And I get the following error: > > > > Apache CouchDB 0.9.0a-incubating (LogLevel=debug) is starting. > > Configuration Settings ["couch_dev.ini"]: > > [couchdb] allow_remote_restart="true" > > [couchdb] database_dir="." > > [couchdb] util_driver_dir="src/couchdb/.libs" > > [httpd] bind_address="127.0.0.1" > > [httpd] port="5985" > > [httpd] utils_dir="share/www" > > [log] file="couch.log" > > [log] level="debug" > > [query_servers] javascript="src/couchdb/couchjs share/server/main.js" > > [error] [<0.49.0>] {error_report,<0.21.0>, > > {<0.49.0>,crash_report, > > [[{pid,<0.49.0>}, > > {registered_name,couch_server}, > > {error_info, > > {exit, > > {badarg, > > [{erlang,list_to_integer,[undefined]}, > > {couch_server,init,1}, > > {gen_server,init_it,6}, > > {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}, > > [{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}}, > > {initial_call,{couch_server,init,['Argument__1']}}, > > {ancestors,[couch_primary_services,couch_server_sup,<0.1.0>]}, > > {messages,[]}, > > {links,[<0.45.0>]}, > > {dictionary,[]}, > > {trap_exit,false}, > > {status,running}, > > {heap_size,377}, > > {stack_size,23}, > > {reductions,113}], > > []]}} > > {"init terminating in > > > > > do_boot",{{badmatch,{error,shutdown}},[{couch_server_sup,start_server,1},{erl_eval,do_apply,5},{erl_eval,exprs,5},{init,start_it,1},{init,start_em,1}]}} > > init terminating in do_boot () > > > > > > Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > Graeme Nelson > > http://graemenelsonpdx.com > > > > > > -- > iWantMyName.com > painless domain registration (finally) >
