Build CouchDB on Windows

[John Le Brasseur <jo...@gmail.com>]

Hi.

(I am on fully up to date Windows 10)

I am trying to follow the steps on '
https://github.com/apache/couchdb-glazier'

I have got quite far with the help of Joan (Touzet).

I believe everything has worked correctly up to the point of the section

"Building CouchDB itself"

In this section I believe there is an error in file 'configure.ps1'

line 87 character 39: The comma should not be present(??? my knowledge is
limited)

If I remove the comma, the command

'powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass .\configure.ps1 -WithCurl'

executes seemingly correctly.

However if I run the next step:

'make -f Makefile.win check'

I get the feedback:

"'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file."

Just to refresh, I am in an admin command window here having run the
following:

'c:\relax\bin\shell.cmd'

"Select an Erlang:
      7 for Erlang 17.5 (default)
      8 for Erlang 18.0
      1 for Erlang 18.1
Make your selection ===> 7
Select a shell:
      w for Windows prompt (default)
      b for bash prompt
      p for PowerShell prompt
Make your selection ===>
Type exit to stop relaxing."

i.e. the Windows prompt.(of the 'SDK Prompt')

Does it look like I:

a)  An error
b) Omitted something
c) Can check for the presence/absence of something that caused this.
d) I am nowhere near in the process where I should be.
e) I am misunderstanding something.


Could anyone guide me please.

I am trying to get to the point of installing geocouch on Windows.
(which looks quite difficult)

Many thanks.

John

Re: Build CouchDB on Windows

[John Le Brasseur <jo...@gmail.com>]

Thank you very much for your trouble Joan.
I am working on other stuff at the moment.
Will get back when I can.
Thanks again.


On 7 July 2017 at 09:31, Joan Touzet <wo...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Sorry for the delay in replying here. I've finally gotten around to
> re-creating my build environment from scratch (as I do prior to every
> CouchDB release) and have the build running successfully as of a few
> hours ago.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > In this section I believe there is an error in file 'configure.ps1'
> > line 87 character 39: The comma should not be present
>
> Correct, I will be checking in a fix for this tomorrow.
>
> > However if I run the next step:
> > 'make -f Makefile.win check'
> > I get the feedback:
> >
> > "'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > operable program or batch file."
>
> Yes, there is a setup mistake here that I will correct tomorrow as
> well. You can work around this in your environment by running:
>
>     choco install make
>
> and trying again.
>
> > I am trying to get to the point of installing geocouch on Windows.
> > (which looks quite difficult)
>
> geocouch won't work for CouchDB 2.x anyway as far as I know. You
> really should use the Cloudant geo stuff from:
>
>     https://github.com/cloudant-labs/easton
>     https://github.com/cloudant-labs/hastings
>
> Build instructions haven't yet been posted, but the process is
> similar to the build process for dreyfus (full-text search):
>
> https://developer.ibm.com/dwblog/2015/text-search-apache-couchdb/
>
> Good luck, and let us know how you get on.
>
> -Joan
>




John

Re: Build CouchDB on Windows

[Joan Touzet <wo...@apache.org>]

Hi John,

Sorry for the delay in replying here. I've finally gotten around to
re-creating my build environment from scratch (as I do prior to every
CouchDB release) and have the build running successfully as of a few
hours ago.

----- Original Message -----
> In this section I believe there is an error in file 'configure.ps1'
> line 87 character 39: The comma should not be present

Correct, I will be checking in a fix for this tomorrow.

> However if I run the next step:
> 'make -f Makefile.win check'
> I get the feedback:
>
> "'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file."

Yes, there is a setup mistake here that I will correct tomorrow as
well. You can work around this in your environment by running:

    choco install make

and trying again.

> I am trying to get to the point of installing geocouch on Windows.
> (which looks quite difficult)

geocouch won't work for CouchDB 2.x anyway as far as I know. You
really should use the Cloudant geo stuff from:

    https://github.com/cloudant-labs/easton
    https://github.com/cloudant-labs/hastings

Build instructions haven't yet been posted, but the process is
similar to the build process for dreyfus (full-text search):

https://developer.ibm.com/dwblog/2015/text-search-apache-couchdb/

Good luck, and let us know how you get on.

-Joan