debianGanglia:/opt/couchdb# /etc/init.d/couchdb
Usage: couchdb {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}
debianGanglia:/opt/couchdb# /etc/init.d/couchdb status
Apache CouchDB is not running.
debianGanglia:/opt/couchdb# /etc/init.d/couchdb start
Starting database server: couchdbApache CouchDB needs a regular PID file: /usr/local/var/run/couchdb.pid
 failed!
debianGanglia:/opt/couchdb# ll /usr/local/var
total 12
drwxr-sr-x 3 root staff 4096 2008-03-14 14:23 lib
drwxr-sr-x 3 root staff 4096 2008-03-14 14:23 log
drwxrwxrwx 2 root staff 4096 2008-03-14 14:52 run
debianGanglia:/opt/couchdb# ll /usr/local/var/run
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 couchdb root 0 2008-03-14 14:52 couchdb.pid
debianGanglia:/opt/couchdb#