couchdb software package provides RESTful document oriented database, system DB, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install couchdb
couchdb is installed in your system.
Make ensure the couchdb package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep couchdb *
You will get with couchdb package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | couchdb |
| Version | 1.0.1-0ubuntu18 |
| Description | RESTful document oriented database, system DB |
| Sub Section | misc |