ok, this happened to me: I was installed couchdb-bin package instead of couchdb.
With only couchdb-bin package, I don't have the /etc/init.d/couchdb. Installing and following your instructions I dont have any problem. Could be feasible add a simple user detection for permission at begging of /usr/bin/couchdb? Something like: $ /usr/bin/couchdb Aborting. Please don't run couchdb binary as regular user. Use instead sudo /etc/init.d/couchdb start This message could be more useful for begginers that crash dump and save some invalid duplicates. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037765 Title: Fatal erl crash no opening log file couch.log To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/couchdb/+bug/1037765/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
