I recommend the build-couchdb script. It takes about 45 minutes though since it builds everything.
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Jason Sachs <[email protected]> wrote: > > CouchBase just recently announced that they were discontinuing Single > > Server. ( > http://www.couchbase.com/products-and-services/couchbase-single-server) > > > > This seems to leave CouchDB without a place to obtain prepackaged > > binaries for the major OSs (Windows/OSX/major Linux variants). The > > wiki (http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Windows) cites 3 > > sources of binaries: Couchbase and two other individuals' sites which > > haven't been updated since fall 2010. > > > > Is there an alternative to CouchBase for obtaining binaries? I > > understand Apache has a habit of releasing source code rather than > > binaries, but there is immense value in a prepackaged binary and > > immense loss of value in not having a reliable source for them. > > > > --Jason > > The refuge project and rcouch allows you to build such binaries: > > https://github.com/refuge/rcouch > > I will see what could be done to make them available for different > platforms. > > - benoit >
