I've update that wiki page to link to http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Running_Couchdb_in_Dev_Mode
instead of the partially out of date information it contained. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Chris Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Chris Anderson http://jchris.mfdz.com
