I usually do ./bootstrap && ./configure
make dev && utils/run if you need to change the port, you can edit the generated etc/couchdb/local_dev.ini before utils/run hope that works for you! On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Graeme Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) >> > -- Chris Anderson http://jchris.mfdz.com
