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Installing CouchDB 0.9.0 Ubuntu Karmic Package on Jaunty

1. Add Karmic into /etc/apt/sources.list.

   deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
   

2. Run apt-get update.

   $ sudo apt-get update
   

3. Because Karmic is so bleeding edge, the 0.9.0 package has been superseeded by 0.10 snapshots. You can locate the binary builds for 0.9.0-2ubuntu5 at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/couchdb/0.9.0-2ubuntu5

4. Download the package.

   $ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29926161/couchdb_0.9.0-2ubuntu5_i386.deb
   

5. 0.9.0 requires libicu40. Jaunty only ships with licicu38. So we need to build and install libicu40 from Karmic’s source.

   $ sudo apt-get build-dep libicu40
   $ sudo apt-get -b source libicu40
   $ sudo dpkg -i libicu40_4.0.1-2_i386.deb
   

6. Karmic’s couchdb package requires Erlang R13B1. Jaunty ships with R12B5.

   $ sudo apt-get build-dep erlang-base-hipe=1:13.b.1-dfsg-2
   $ sudo apt-get -b source erlang-base-hipe=1:13.b.1-dfsg-2
   $ sudo dpkg -i erlang-base-hipe_13.b.1-dfsg-2_i386.deb erlang-crypto_13.b.1-dfsg-2_i386.deb erlang-mnesia_13.b.1-dfsg-2_i386.deb erlang-public-key_13.b.1-dfsg-2_i386.deb erlang-runtime-tools_13.b.1-dfsg-2_i386.deb erlang-ssl_13.b.1-dfsg-2_i386.deb erlang-inets_13.b.1-dfsg-2_i386.deb erlang-xmerl_13.b.1-dfsg-2_i386.deb
   

7. Install the last few extra packages needed. Thankfully, Jaunty has them at the required versions.

   $ sudo apt-get install dictionaries-common hunspell-en-us libhunspell-1.2-0 libjs-jquery libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d libpython2.6 libstartup-notification0 xulrunner-1.9
   

8. Finally, install the couchdb package.

   $ sudo dpkg -i couchdb_0.9.0-2ubuntu5_i386.deb