Build CouchDB 2.0 on FreeBSD 11

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# install bash (optional)
# pkg install bash

# run as root
pkg install erlang-19.2_1,3 spidermonkey185 icu-58.2,1 gmake curl wget

# run as a user
wget http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.apache.org/couchdb/source/2.0.0/apache-couchdb-2.0.0.tar.gz
tar xf apache-couchdb-2.0.0.tar.gz
cd apache-couchdb-2.0.0
./configure
gmake release

# run as root (ideally under bash or sh)
PREFIX="/usr/local"
COUCHDB_ROOT="${PREFIX}/couchdb"
pw useradd -n couchdb
cp -R rel/couchdb ${PREFIX}
mkdir -p "${COUCHDB_ROOT}/var/lib/couchdb"
chown -R couchdb:couchdb "${COUCHDB_ROOT}/etc"
chown -R couchdb:couchdb "${COUCHDB_ROOT}/var"
printf "\n[couchdb]\ndatabase_dir = ${COUCHDB_ROOT}/var/lib/couchdb\nview_index_dir = ${COUCHDB_ROOT}/var/lib/couchdb\n" >> "${COUCHDB_ROOT}/etc/local.ini"
printf "\n[chttpd]\nbind_address = 0.0.0.0\n" >> "${COUCHDB_ROOT}/etc/local.ini"
printf "\n[httpd]\nbind_address = 0.0.0.0\n" >> "${COUCHDB_ROOT}/etc/local.ini"
printf "\n[cluster]\nn = 1\n" >> "${COUCHDB_ROOT}/etc/local.ini"
printf "\n[log]\nwriter = file\nfile= ${COUCHDB_ROOT}/var/log/couch.log" >> "${COUCHDB_ROOT}/etc/local.ini"

# run couchdb as the couchdb user, then configure your node or cluster using the Fauxton UI
su -m couchdb -c "nohup \"${COUCHDB_ROOT}/bin/couchdb\" &"
tail -f "${COUCHDB_ROOT}/var/log/couch.log"

Simple build steps for CouchDB 2.0 on FreeBSD 11 since ports don't include 2.0 yet. Run under sh or bash.