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The "Installing_on_OSX" page has been changed by DaveCottlehuber: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_OSX?action=diff&rev1=41&rev2=42 Comment: typos & cleanups for brewing <<Include(EditTheWiki)>> == HomeBrew == + - This is the fastest, most current, way of installing CouchDB from source on a Mac, along with all dependencies. It tracks releases with only a few days delay. + This is the fastest, most current, way of installing CouchDB from source on a Mac, along with all dependencies. It tracks releases with only a short delay. And it's [[http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/|easy to install]] too. === Changes in XCode === - Apple now provides a stand-alone (command-line) build chain, which successfully builds CouchDB and required dependencies, or you can use XCode 4.2 and below directly. Users of a current XCode >= 4.3 will need to install the additional command-linbe tools below. + Apple now provides a stand-alone (command-line) build chain, which successfully builds CouchDB and required dependencies, or you can use XCode 4.2 and below directly. Users of a current XCode >= 4.3 will need to install the additional command-line tools below. - * login to [[https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action|apple dev centre]] + * Login to [[https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action|apple dev centre]] - * get the [[http://adcdownload.apple.com/Developer_Tools/command_line_tools_for_xcode_4.4__late_march_2012/cltools_lion_latemarch12.dmg|command-line tools for xcode]] + * Get the [[http://adcdownload.apple.com/Developer_Tools/command_line_tools_for_xcode_4.4__late_march_2012/cltools_lion_latemarch12.dmg|command-line tools for xcode]] - * some more info at http://kennethreitz.com/xcode-gcc-and-homebrew.html + * Some more info at http://kennethreitz.com/xcode-gcc-and-homebrew.html - * If you need gcc for other recipes, current homebrew has a GCC recipe available: + * If you need gcc for other recipes, the homebrew duplicates fork has a GCC recipe available which can be installed side-by-side: {{{ brew install https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-dupes/master/apple-gcc42.rb }}} @@ -57, +58 @@ If you wish to have CouchDB run as a daemon then, set up the account, using the user accounts preference pane - * create a standard user {{{ couchdb }}} with home directory {{{ /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb }}} + * Create a standard user {{{ couchdb }}} with home directory {{{ /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb }}} - * create a group called {{{ couchdb }}} and add yourself, the couchdb user, and any others you want to be able to edit config or db files directly to it. Use the {{{ advanced }}} group options to ensure the internal name is also correctly called couchdb. + * Create a group called {{{ couchdb }}} and add yourself, the couchdb user, and any others you want to be able to edit config or db files directly to it. Use the {{{ advanced }}} group options to ensure the internal name is also correctly called couchdb. Using a terminal, set permissions as follows:
