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I have done multiple installs of CouchDB using sudo aptitude install couchdb sudo ap-get install couchdb

and more recently based on the instructions found at L http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu

May I know how do I uninstall or remove all the above installations?

Best Regards. +++++++++++++++++++UPDATE++++++++++++++++++++++++

I've tried running the following commands:

apt-get remove couchdb
apt-get purge couchdb

but received the following errors:

(Reading database ... 39814 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing couchdb ...
invoke-rc.d: initscript couchdb, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing couchdb (--remove):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
invoke-rc.d: initscript couchdb, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 couchdb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

May I know how do i fix this?

ON issuing the command : dpkg -l | grep couchdb I received the following response:

rF  couchdb                          0.10.0-1ubuntu2                            RESTful document oriented database, system D
iF  couchdb-bin                      0.10.0-1ubuntu2                            RESTful document oriented database, programs

How do i uninstall CouchDB ? I think there's some file corruption?

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Everything you install with apt-get aptitude or dpkg can be uninstalled using the same tool.

As The NinjaSysadmin pointed before use apt-get remove couchdb to uninstall

You can also use apt-get purge couchdb to remove config and other files.

To see if you have couchdb installed search for it using dpkg -l | grep couchdb

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  • Excellent tip about 'purge'.
    – Wraith
    Jan 9, 2012 at 12:16
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You should stop couchdb before remove it : $ sudo /etc/init.d/couchdb stop Then $ sudo apt-get remove couchdb $ sudo apt-get purge couchdb

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  • Thanks. Worked great, unlike the top rated reply which suggests to try something the question said he already tried...
    – ashgromnies
    Dec 17, 2011 at 23:50
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I was searching on how to completely uninstall couchdb 0.1 provided with Ubuntu in order to develop on Latest Couchbase releases.

You need to apt-get remove couchdb-bin

Found the answer in this mail archive:

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-user/201008.mbox/%3C20100807021919.GH6131@orbital%3E

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You can use

sudo apt-get remove couchdb

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Anyone have a different answer? From what I gather, the couchdb 0.1 instance is used by the O/S itself. I am also trying to remove this, but can't. Is there a way to upgrade it to 1.0.1 at least?

FYI I've already tried to sudo apt-get remove as well as upgrade.

UPDATE

I managed to run 1.0.1 side-by side with the internal 0.10 version. It was long and complex and I didn't really know what I was doing, but the basic steps are as follows:

  • sudo apt-get remove couchdb
  • Download the .bin to some folder and extract/install (I followed this article - installing from source)
  • Chmod and chown as in that article
  • You also need to do the same to the .delete folder in installFolder/var/lib/couchdb
  • Change the port number in the local.ini file to something else
  • While you're in there, add a couchdb user
  • assign that new user to the couchdb group

Restart couchdb and you should now have 1.0.1 running on a new port as 0.10

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    yeah I've tried the usual commands sudo apt-get remove, upgrade,aptitude remove and so on but none of them worked. i've enve tried installing couchone from couchone.com/get (ubuntu version), and ran sudo service couchdb stop. but no avail. it still runs version 0.10.0. how do we fix this?
    – DjangoRocks
    Jan 27, 2011 at 5:20
  • Is the number just reported incorrectly? I removed my 1.0.1 version but I can't seem to find (or stop) the 0.10.0 version.
    – Xeoncross
    Feb 23, 2011 at 3:48
  • I'm pretty sure you need to use a different port. Have you guys tried this?
    – electrichead
    Feb 23, 2011 at 18:07

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