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| author | Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org> | 2010-03-13 15:44:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org> | 2010-03-13 15:44:55 +0000 |
| commit | f3303f24d376860a63ec735a1bc96c406473ad4f (patch) | |
| tree | 98638c3b2fc84676a4c07daf6eb561ce07013aa0 /INSTALL.Unix | |
| parent | 3eb752a9624cbfa6b99fae4358af03dd0853e887 (diff) | |
documentation improvements
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/trunk@922586 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.Unix | 43 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.Unix b/INSTALL.Unix index e6495eb3..93b4803d 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Unix +++ b/INSTALL.Unix @@ -1,18 +1,20 @@ -Installing on Unix-like Systems -=============================== +Apache CouchDB README.Unix +========================== + +A high-level guide to Unix-like systems, inc. Mac OS X and Ubuntu. Dependencies ------------ You will need the following installed: - * Erlang OTP (>=R12B5) (http://erlang.org/) - * ICU (http://icu.sourceforge.net/) - * OpenSSL (http://www.openssl.org/) - * Mozilla SpiderMonkey (>=1.7) (http://www.mozilla.org/js/spidermonkey/) - * libcurl (http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/) - * GNU Make (http://www.gnu.org/software/make/) - * GNU Compiler Collection (http://gcc.gnu.org/) + * Erlang OTP (>=R12B5) (http://erlang.org/) + * ICU (http://icu.sourceforge.net/) + * OpenSSL (http://www.openssl.org/) + * Mozilla SpiderMonkey (1.8) (http://www.mozilla.org/js/spidermonkey/) + * libcurl (http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/) + * GNU Make (http://www.gnu.org/software/make/) + * GNU Compiler Collection (http://gcc.gnu.org/) It is recommended that you install Erlang OTP R12B-5 or above where possible. @@ -45,8 +47,6 @@ You will need MacPorts installed to use the `port` command. Installing ---------- -Skip to the - Once you have satisfied the dependencies you should run: ./configure @@ -75,6 +75,27 @@ If everything was successful you should see the following message: Relax. +First Run +--------- + +You can start the CouchDB server by running: + + sudo -i -u couchdb couchdb + +This uses the `sudo` command to run the `couchdb` command as the `couchdb` user. + +When CouchDB starts it should eventually display the following message: + + Apache CouchDB has started, time to relax. + +Relax. + +To check that everything has worked, point your web browser to: + + http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils/index.html + +From here you should run the test suite. + Security Considerations ----------------------- |