I guide for installing CouchDB 1.2.1 on Ubuntu 12.04

couchdb-install

Resources

http://onabai.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/installing-couchdb-1-2-in-ubuntu-12-04/
http://depth-first.com/articles/2010/01/28/pubcouch-install-couchdb-on-ubuntu-karmic-from-source/
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu
http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/source.html
http://grokbase.com/t/couchdb/user/114m97mzd0/installations-problem-with-couchdb
http://cvee.github.com/blog/2011/11/28/configuring-couchdb-on-ubuntu/


- Ensure that you have removed all previously installed versions of couchdb (especially any installed by a package manager).
  locate couchdb

- Make sure you run the test suite in Firefox.  The suite is not designed to work in any other browser.