On 10/23/2012 11:15 AM, Mark Hahn wrote: >> I could not find a ppa for a current couchdb, but I did find several > sources with directions. > > thanks. > > My biggest problem now is just trying to get ubuntu running headless in > virtualbox. > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:09 AM, bsquared <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 10/22/2012 12:08 PM, JC de Villa wrote: >>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a number of servers on AWS for my day job. For my weekend >> projects >>>> I need a free dev environment. My wife doesn't like spending money. >>>> >>>> I'm sure I can find a solution. I'm working with webfaction now to see >> if >>>> they can donate the hosting. >>>> >>>> I spent a half-day trying to set up my dev environment in virtualbox on >> my >>>> local PC. But all I could find were ubuntu desktops and I just want a >>>> headless server with SSH. That is all I'm familiar with. I tried to >> set >>>> one up myself but it was a disaster. >>> >>> >>> Here's the page for the server download: >>> >>> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server >>> >>> Although I'd suggest compiling your own couchdb, since the only one >>> available from the repo is version 1.0.1. I'm sure there's a ppa >> somewhere >>> for a more up-to-date version, but compiling on ubuntu it is fairly >> trivial. >>> >> >> I could not find a ppa for a current couchdb, but I did find several >> sources with directions. I made a quick reference here: >> gist.github.com/3940371 >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Brian >> >> > By headless I assume that you mean you don't wish to run X. Just have a server for telnet / ssh.
You are not limited to Ubuntu by the way. You may want to look at Arch-Linux, or RedHat. Anyway ... I found this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/16371/how-to-disable-x-at-boot-time. -- Regards, Brian
