CouchDb requires many bits to be installed.
Building an all in one , embeddable, no external dependencies packaging of CouchDB for each major desktop OS (Windows, MacOSX and Linux) would help make it easy for new users to get started. Installers would be a bonus.
Pioneering work has already been done with CouchDbx : a self-contained MacOSX application with all the required bits..
The goal here is to document:
the minimal bits that are required to install a self-contained, all-in-one, embeddable CouchDb
the step-by-step instructions to build those packages
installers creation
Some sources of inspiration:
the Erlang NSIS installer for windows
ejabberd:
![[WWW]](../../wiki/modern/img/moin-www.png)
http://www.ejabberd.im/
Installer technologies:
package builder on macos
nsis on windows
shell archives on linux
IP and licensing issues
since there are 3rd party dependencies that may be problematic, installers will fetch at install time the 3rd party dependencies.
see that page for ASF policies:
http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html and that email thread for specific incubator PMC comments: