Hi, Jim. A slightly newer version is at https://github.com/iriscouch/build-couchdb. It has only minor differences. Sorry for the confusion.
My feeling is build-couchdb is *easier* but not *easy* per se. Anyway, I use it every day. CentOS is a first-class platform for build-couchdb. If you (or anyone) has issues, please let me know either by email or by a GitHub bug report. Thanks! On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Jim R. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dave, > > Looks like erlang can't find crypto:start/0: > > ** exception error: undefined function crypto:start/0 > > I'm stepping back to try build-couchdb[1] to see if that resolves the > issues. I'd totally be using Ubuntu if this wasn't for work, where we've > standardized on CentOS. > > [1] https://github.com/couchone/build-couchdb > > -- Jim > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 1 June 2011 13:49, Jim R. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thanks Pasi - this is a great start. >> > >> > After download/build/installing erlang, curl and couchdb, when I run >> couchdb >> > nothing happens. That is, it just hangs. ps shows that some erlang >> process >> > is running, but there's no stderr or stdout. >> > >> > Did you run into this problem? Or, more generally, how do you >> troubleshoot >> > couchdb before it starts listening on 5984? >> > >> > Thanks in advance for any help, >> > >> > -- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw) >> >> Common issues are missing permisssions or erlang modules that prevent >> the erlang vm from getting to start couch, or incorrect spidermonkey / >> xulrunner bits. >> >> By using couchdb -i this then provides you with access to the erlang >> shell as it starts. Then try: >> >> crypto:start(). >> couch:start(). >> >> which on my working system shows: >> >> Apache CouchDB has started. Time to relax. >> [info] [<0.36.0>] Apache CouchDB has started on http://0.0.0.0:5984/ >> >> 1> crypto:start(). >> {error,{already_started,crypto}} >> 2> couch:start(). >> {error,{already_started,couch}} >> 3> >> >> That will likely help sort out what's failing. >> >> Also check out if you've not already: >> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_SpiderMonkey >> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_OSX for permissions issus >> >> A+ >> Dave >> > -- Iris Couch
