sudo aptitude install python-couchdb

In [1]: import couchdb
In [2]: couchdb.Server()
Out[2]: <Server 'http://localhost:5984/'>

In [3]: s =couchdb.Server()
In [6]: s.create('mmm')
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)

/home/devel/django_sites/worldpass/opencolab/Source/OpenColab/<ipython console> in <module>()

/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/couchdb/client.pyc in create(self, name)
    202         :raise PreconditionFailed: if a database with that name already exists
    203         """
--> 204         self.resource.put(validate_dbname(name))
    205         return self[name]
    206 

/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/couchdb/client.pyc in put(self, path, content, headers, **params)
    987     def put(self, path=None, content=None, headers=None, **params):
    988         return self._request('PUT', path, content=content, headers=headers,
--> 989                              **params)
    990 
    991     def _request(self, method, path=None, content=None, headers=None,

/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/couchdb/client.pyc in _request(self, method, path, content, headers, **params)
   1012                     return _make_request(retry - 1)
   1013                 raise
-> 1014         resp, data = _make_request()
   1015 
   1016         status_code = int(resp.status)

/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/couchdb/client.pyc in _make_request(retry)
   1007             try:
   1008                 return self.http.request(uri(self.uri, path, **params), method,
-> 1009                                              body=body, headers=headers)
   1010             except socket.error, e:
   1011                 if retry > 0 and e.args[0] == 54: # reset by peer

/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/httplib2/__init__.pyc in request(self, uri, method, body, headers, redirections, connection_type)
   1127                     content = ""
   1128                 else:
-> 1129                     (response, content) = self._request(conn, authority, uri, request_uri, method, body, headers, redirections, cachekey)
   1130         except Exception, e:
   1131             if self.force_exception_to_status_code:

/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/httplib2/__init__.pyc in _request(self, conn, host, absolute_uri, request_uri, method, body, headers, redirections, cachekey)
    899             auth.request(method, request_uri, headers, body)
    900 
--> 901         (response, content) = self._conn_request(conn, request_uri, method, body, headers)
    902 
    903         if auth:

/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/httplib2/__init__.pyc in _conn_request(self, conn, request_uri, method, body, headers)
    869                 pass
    870             try:
--> 871                 response = conn.getresponse()
    872             except (socket.error, httplib.HTTPException):
    873                 if i == 0:

/usr/lib/python2.6/httplib.pyc in getresponse(self)
    982         else:
    983             response = self.response_class(self.sock, strict=self.strict,
--> 984                                            method=self._method)
    985 
    986         response.begin()

/usr/lib/python2.6/httplib.pyc in __init__(self, sock, debuglevel, strict, method)
    328 
    329     def __init__(self, sock, debuglevel=0, strict=0, method=None):
--> 330         self.fp = sock.makefile('rb', 0)
    331         self.debuglevel = debuglevel
    332         self.strict = strict

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'makefile'

In [7]:

curl http://localhost:5984/

$ curl http://localhost:5984/
curl: (7) couldn't connect to host

In [1]: import couchdb

In [2]: a =couchdb.Server()

In [3]: a
Out[3]: <Server 'http://localhost:5984/'>