[Question] upgrading PPA couch 1.6 to 2.1

[andreyvk]

Hi,

Are there any guidelines on how to upgrade existing couch 1.6 installation to couch 2.1 if I was using a PPA from https://launchpad.net/~couchdb/+archive/ubuntu/stable?

Please, just correct me if im wrong, that I could just install 2.1 over 1.6 using installation guidelines and then use couchup to migrate. Or should I uninstall 1.6 first and then install 2.1 and use couchup?

[wohali]

You should be able to just upgrade to the 2.1 packages and use couchup to migrate your databases.

The new packages were designed for upgrade via apt or apt-get, which will uninstall 1.6 and install 2.1 in a single step. Further, the 2.1 packages still store databases at /var/lib/couchdb so your databases should be present for a couchup based migration.