Installing CouchDB 2.1 on Ubuntu Server 16.04

Question

Does anyone know how to install CouchDB on Ubuntu Server 16.04?

The manual in the CouchDB docs seems to be broken and a simple apt-get install couchdbresults in Version 1.6.1.

Answer 1

This will install CouchDB 2.1:

1. Add "deb https://apache.bintray.com/couchdb-deb xenial main" to /etc/apt/sources.list using your favorite editor

2. Add the public key to apt:

   curl -L https://couchdb.apache.org/repo/bintray-pubkey.asc | sudo apt-key add -

3. Depending on your setup you may need to install https for apt

   sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

4. Update apt and install!

   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install couchdb

Answer 2

Try the snap for CouchDB, there isn't an apt package for CouchDB 2.1 yet. http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/install/snap.html. (If this is what you already tried from the manual and it didn't work, share any error messages you received)