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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:24:44 -0400
From: "Brad King" <brking@gmail.com>
To: couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: Problems installing on Ubuntu Feisty
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one last try: I found a nice summary of installing couchdb on ubuntu here:

http://jhcore.com/category/ubuntu/

I still get a runtime error on startup, but I'm seeing a lot more
debugging info, and I have a crash dump (attached).

couch 0.7.2 (LogLevel=info)
Apache CouchDB is starting.
[error] [<0.47.0>] {error_report,<0.45.0>,
              {<0.47.0>,
               supervisor_report,
               [{supervisor,{local,couch_server_sup}},
                {errorContext,start_error},
                {reason,{'EXIT',{error,{open_error,-10}}}},
                {offender,[{pid,undefined},
                           {name,couch_util},
                           {mfa,{couch_util,
                                    start_link,

["/usr/local/lib/couchdb/erlang/lib/couch-0.7.3a662495/priv/lib"]}},
                           {restart_type,permanent},
                           {shutdown,brutal_kill},
                           {child_type,worker}]}]}}

=SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 5-Jun-2008::10:19:56 ===
     Supervisor: {local,couch_server_sup}
     Context:    start_error
     Reason:     {'EXIT',{error,{open_error,-10}}}
     Offender:   [{pid,undefined},
                  {name,couch_util},
                  {mfa,{couch_util,start_link,

["/usr/local/lib/couchdb/erlang/lib/couch-0.7.3a662495/priv/lib"]}},
                  {restart_type,permanent},
                  {shutdown,brutal_kill},
                  {child_type,worker}]

Config Info /usr/local/etc/couchdb/couch.ini:
        CurrentWorkingDir=/home/bradk
        DbRootDir=/usr/local/var/lib/couchdb
        HttpConfigFile=couch_httpd.conf
        LogFile=/usr/local/var/log/couchdb/couch.log
        UtilDriverDir=/usr/local/lib/couchdb/erlang/lib/couch-0.7.3a662495/priv/lib
        DbUpdateNotificationProcesses=
        FullTextSearchQueryServer=
        javascript=/usr/local/bin/couchjs
/usr/local/share/couchdb/server/main.js

=CRASH REPORT==== 5-Jun-2008::10:19:56 ===
  crasher:
    pid: <0.45.0>
    registered_name: []
    error_info: {shutdown,{couch_server,start,[normal,[]]}}
    initial_call: {application_master,init,
                                     [<0.5.0>,
                                      <0.44.0>,
                                      {appl_data,
                                          couch,
                                          [couch_server,
                                           couch_server_sup,
                                           couch_util,
                                           couch_query_servers,
                                           couch_ft_query],
                                          undefined,
                                          {couch_server,[]},
                                          [couch_btree,
                                           cjson,
                                           couch_db,
                                           couch_doc,
                                           couch_query_servers,
                                           couch_file,
                                           couch_server,
                                           couch_server_sup,
                                           couch_stream,
                                           couch_view_group,
                                           couch_util,
                                           mod_couch,
                                           couch_db_sup,
                                           couch_event_sup,
                                           couch_db_update_notifier,
                                           couch_ft_query,
                                           couch_log,
                                           couch_rep],
                                          [],
                                          infinity,
                                          infinity},
                                      normal]}
    ancestors: [<0.44.0>]
    messages: [{'EXIT',<0.46.0>,normal}]
    links: [<0.44.0>,<0.5.0>]
    dictionary: []
    trap_exit: true
    status: running
    heap_size: 233
    stack_size: 21
    reductions: 91
  neighbours:

=INFO REPORT==== 5-Jun-2008::10:19:56 ===
    application: couch
    exited: {shutdown,{couch_server,start,[normal,[]]}}
    type: permanent
{"Kernel pid terminated",application_controller,"{application_start_failure,couch,{shutdown,{couch_server,start,[normal,[]]}}}"}
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller)
({application_start_failure,couch,{shutdown,{couch_server,start,[normal,[]]}}})
bradk@bradkm90:~$


On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Brad King <brking@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bob, I'm not using 64 bit so I use just lib instead of lib64. I gather
> from your post that the startup error is likely an erlang problem? I
> didn't see anything logged at all. Getting back to trying to install
> erlang from source, I was missing ncurses (see previous post of mine).
> I can't get ncurses to install though:
>
> bradk@bradkm90:/usr/local$ sudo apt-get install ncurses
> Password:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package ncurses is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package ncurses has no installation candidate
>
> I'm starting to think I need to give up on ubuntu and start over on a
> red hat vm.
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Bob Briski <rbriski@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Did you try lib64, your paste just has lib.
>>
>> Also, I found that I had to install a more recent version of erlang.  I
>> built erlang from source, rather than installing the binary.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On Jun 4, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Brad King wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately it didn't work for me. I had to add export in front of
>>> the command, which I assume is correct.
>>>
>>> bradk@bradkm90:/usr/local$ export
>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/spidermonkey/lib couchdb
>>> bradk@bradkm90:/usr/local$ sudo -u couchdb couchdb
>>> couch 0.7.3a662495 (LogLevel=info)
>>> Apache CouchDB is starting.
>>>
>>> {"init terminating in do_boot",{error,{open_error,-10}}}
>>> init terminating in do_boot ()
>>>
>>> I also went in and set the home directory for the user to
>>> /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb, but no change.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Mark James Adams
>>> <mark.james.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Bob,
>>>>
>>>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/spidermonkey/lib64 couchdb
>>>>>
>>>>> If that works, you know the problem is that LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not set
>>>>> for
>>>>> the couchdb user.
>>>>
>>>> That's solved it for me. Thank you thank you thank you. :-)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mark James Adams
>>>> http://raysend.com/mark/
>>>>
>>
>>
>