How can I upgrade from CouchDB 0.8.0 to 0.9.0 on Ubuntu?

How can I upgrade from CouchDB 0.8.0 to 0.9.0 on Ubuntu?

Ubuntu comes with CouchDB 0.8.0-incubator. I have it running correctly. I've recently wanted to upgrade to 0.9.0, so I followed the instructions on this blog post, but I seem to be missing the final step. I downloaded the tarball, unzipped it, and called make & make install as the guide says. Every step completed successfully. When I then execute

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bert [Entry]

As avelldiroll mentioned in his comment, Ubuntu 9.10 ships with CouchDB 0.10.0. In the end I just upgraded my release and used that pre-packaged version. For me it was the easiest option, though I imagine for others that wouldn't be the case.

bert [Entry]

Are you running the "make install" step as root? If not, your regular user account probably can't complete the install steps.