Setting up GeoCouch with CouchDB and Homebrew

Installing CouchDB with Homebrew is pretty straightforward:

brew install couchdb

The instructions for installing GeoCouch are easy to follow as well, but due Homebrew, the files have to be copied to different folders. I also noticed that the URL to clone the repository from is not correct in the README file.

Get GeoCouch

git clone https://github.com/couchbase/geocouch.git
cd geocouch
git checkout couchdb1.1.x # choose the correct branch for your version

Get CouchDB source

from apache CouchDB and set COUCH_SRC to the directory containing the source, e.g.:

export COUCH_SRC=/path/to/source/src/couchdb

Installation

Run make in the directory

make

Copy the configuration file for GeoCouch from etc/couchdb/local.d/ to /usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.d/

cp etc/couchdb/local.d/geocouch.ini /usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.d/

Futon tests

To make sure your installation is working also copy the Futon tests over (from share/www/script/test to /usr/local/share/couchdb/www/script/test):

cp share/www/script/test/* /usr/local/share/couchdb/www/script/test/

Add the tests to /usr/local/share/couchdb/www/script/couch_tests.js

loadTest("spatial.js");
loadTest("list_spatial.js");
loadTest("etags_spatial.js");
loadTest("multiple_spatial_rows.js");
loadTest("spatial_compaction.js");
loadTest("spatial_design_docs.js");
loadTest("spatial_bugfixes.js");

Follow the remaining instructions in the official README file.