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Hopefully these instructions are clear enough now to deal with all the pathological nonsense

  tar xvzf apache-couchdb-x.xx.x.tar.gz
  cd apache-couchdb-x.xx.x
  
- # On Ubuntu < 11.04 see xulrunner directions below. They fix problems where basic test suite fails to run.
- # Since Ubuntu 11.04 and CouchDB from trunk the xulrunner-devel options are not necessary as CouchDB can link against libmozjs185 with no special help.
  # Note: To install couchdb in the default location use --prefix= in the configure statement
- # Note: To check what XULRunner version you have installed use xulrunner -v
+ # Note: To check what XULRunner version you have installed use xulrunner -v. CouchDB-1.1.x and older will not work with XULRunner 2.0+.
+ 
+ # Note: See Additional Notes (below) for additional, necessary information about using CouchDB-1.1.x and older on Ubuntu versions less than 11.04.
+ # Note: The extra --with-js-* options should not be used with CouchDB-1.2 (current trunk) and newer on Ubuntu 11.04+, where building against libmozjs185-dev is preferred.
+ 
- ./configure --prefix= --with-js-lib=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-x.x.x.x/lib --with-js-include=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-x.x.x.x/include
+ ./configure --prefix= --with-js-lib=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.x.y/lib --with-js-include=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.x.y/include
  
  # Now you can compile and install couchdb
  make && make install
@@ -115, +117 @@

  tar xvzf apache-couchdb-x.xx.x.tar.gz
  cd apache-couchdb-x.xx.x
  
- # see xulrunner directions below and do them this fixes problem where basic test suite fails to run.
- # Note: To check what XULRunner version you have installed use xulrunner -v
+ 
+ # Note: To install couchdb in the default location use --prefix= in the configure statement
+ # Note: To check what XULRunner version you have installed use xulrunner -v. CouchDB-1.1.x and older will not work with XULRunner 2.0+.
+ 
+ # Note: See Additional Notes (below) for additional, necessary information about using CouchDB-1.1.x and older on Ubuntu versions less than 11.04.
+ # Note: The extra --with-js-* options should not be used with CouchDB-1.2 (current trunk) and newer on Ubuntu 11.04+, where building against libmozjs185-dev is preferred.
+ 
- ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ --with-js-lib=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-x.x.x.x/lib --with-js-include=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-x.x.x.x/include
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ --with-js-lib=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.x.y/lib --with-js-include=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.x.y/include
  
  # Test installation, you will have problems regarding libmozjs and xulrunner here if you have not already corrected them
  make check