@Jack. I had the same problem. The solution is simple and it already mentioned on CounDB-Wiki. Simply create a file:
$ sudo gedit /etc/ld.so.conf.d/xulrunner.conf and paste path to the library of xulrunner and xulrunner-devel and !save it! /usr/lib/xulrunner-x.x.x.x /usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-x.x.x.x in your case it's a 1.9.2.10 The next step is to run ldconfig $ sudo /sbin/ldconfig Also read the 'Note on installing on Ubuntu Desktop flavors' section on Wiki Then let it start at system-boot $ sudo update-rc.d couchdb defaults If you get a message that system-start for couchdb is already exist, simple remove the old entry: $ sudo update-rc.d -f couchdb remove and now retry to add the couchdb to system-start
