1.2. Installation on Windows

There are two ways to install CouchDB on Windows.

1.2.1. Installation from binaries

This is the simplest way to go.

Get the latest Windows binaries from the CouchDB web site. Old releases are available at archive.
Follow the installation wizard steps. Be sure to install CouchDB to a path with no spaces, such as C:\CouchDB.
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The Windows installer supports silent installs. Here are some sample commands, supporting the new features of the 3.0 installer.

Install CouchDB without a service, but with an admin user:password of admin:hunter2:

msiexec /i apache-couchdb-3.0.0.msi /quiet ADMINUSER=admin ADMINPASSWORD=hunter2 /norestart

The same as above, but also install and launch CouchDB as a service:

msiexec /i apache-couchdb-3.0.0.msi /quiet INSTALLSERVICE=1 ADMINUSER=admin ADMINPASSWORD=hunter2 /norestart

Unattended uninstall of CouchDB to target directory D:CouchDB:

msiexec /x apache-couchdb-3.0.0.msi INSTALLSERVICE=1 APPLICATIONFOLDER="D:\CouchDB" ADMINUSER=admin ADMINPASSWORD=hunter2 /quiet /norestart

Unattended uninstall if the installer file is unavailable:

msiexec /x {4CD776E0-FADF-4831-AF56-E80E39F34CFC} /quiet /norestart

Add /l* log.txt to any of the above to generate a useful logfile for debugging.