Install CouchDb 1.5.1 on Unbuntu 12.04.4

Ubuntu_Couchdb

sudo apt-get update -y

sudo apt-get install g++ -y
sudo apt-get install erlang-base erlang-dev erlang-eunit erlang-nox -y
sudo apt-get install libmozjs185-dev libicu-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libtool -y

curl -O http://apache.mirrors.tds.net/couchdb/source/1.5.1/apache-couchdb-1.5.1.tar.gz

tar -zxvf apache-couchdb-1.5.1.tar.gz 
cd apache-couchdb-1.5.1

./configure
make
sudo make install

sudo adduser --disabled-login --disabled-password --no-create-home couchdb

sudo chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/log/couchdb
sudo chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb
sudo chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/run/couchdb

sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d/couchdb /etc/logrotate.d/couchdb
sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/init.d/couchdb  /etc/init.d

sudo update-rc.d couchdb defaults

sudo service couchdb start
sudo service couchdb status

curl http://localhost:5984

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curl http://localhost:5984 

modify /usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini