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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:18:35 -0400
From: "Brad King" <brking@gmail.com>
To: couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: Problems installing on Ubuntu Feisty
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I ended up installing erlang from the package manager, and I have a
successful build. I now have a runtime error on startup. Thanks for
your patience.

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 ()


On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Bob Briski <rbriski@gmail.com> wrote:
> sudo apt-get install ncurses
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Brad King wrote:
>
>> export works thanks.  was able to get SpiderMonkey installed moved on
>> to my next dependency problem, which appears to be erlang. I followed
>> the Rel4 install notes on the wiki, but getting error configuring
>> using:
>>
>> sudo ./configure && make && make install
>>
>> results in:
>>
>> configure: error: No curses library functions found
>> configure: error: /bin/bash '/usr/local/otp_src_R12B-2/erts/configure'
>> failed for erts
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Bob Briski <rbriski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> try:
>>>
>>> export JS_DIST=/usr/local/spidermonkey && make -f Makefile.ref export
>>>
>>> or:
>>>
>>> setenv JS_DIST /usr/local/spidermonkey && make -f Makefile.ref export
>>>
>>> If you're using "sudo" to make yourself a superuser, you'll need to
>>> specific
>>> the JS_DIST option before typing sudo.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> On Jun 3, 2008, at 7:07 PM, Brad King wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll double check the exact error when I get back to my desk tomorrow
>>>> AM but it was telling me that JS_DIST=... is not a valid command. Is
>>>> the way its shown on the wiki exactly how I need to enter the command,
>>>> or is there supposed to be a break in this line sequence, such as:
>>>>
>>>> JS_DIST=/usr/local/spidermonkey
>>>> make -f Makefile.ref export
>>>>
>>>> Sorry about not knowing this command syntax. Too many years on Windows.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 01:22:43PM +0100, Mark James Adams wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's the exact error that you are seeing? My feeling is that
>>>>>> Spidermonkey was intended to be built as part of Firefox, so it seems
>>>>>> tricky to install it on its own.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was, though the build/install scripts are admittedly a pain in the
>>>>> arse.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Noah Slater - The Apache Software Foundation <http://www.apache.org/>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>