install.rb

ase node[:platform]
when "debian", "ubuntu"
  %w{automake autoconf libtool subversion-tools help2man build-essential erlang libicu38 libicu-dev libreadline5-dev checkinstall libmozjs-dev wget libcurl4-gnutls-dev}.each {|pkg| package(pkg) }
end

execute "download_couchdb" do
  user "root"
  cwd "/tmp"
  command "wget http://mirror.public-internet.co.uk/ftp/apache/couchdb/0.9.1/apache-couchdb-0.9.1.tar.gz"
  creates "/tmp/apache-couchdb-0.9.1.tar.gz"
end

group "couchdb" do
end

user "couchdb" do
  comment "CouchDB user"
  gid "couchdb"
  supports :manage_home => false
  shell "/bin/bash"
end

# http://github.com/jamescarr/cookbooks/
# http://www.isolani.co.uk/blog/web/InstallingCouchdbOnJeos804
script "install_couchdb" do
  interpreter "bash"
  user "root"
  cwd "/tmp"
  code <<-EOH
    tar zxvf apache-couchdb-0.9.1.tar.gz
    cd apache-couchdb-0.9.1
    ./configure
    make
    make install
  EOH
  not_if do
    File.exists? "/usr/local/bin/couchdb"
  end
end

%w{/usr/local/var/lib/couchdb /usr/local/var/log/couchdb /usr/local/var/run}.each do |dir|
  directory dir do
    owner "couchdb"
  end
end

remote_file "/etc/init.d/couchb" do
  source "couchdb.init.d"
end

service "couchdb" do
  action :enable
end