Error about 'invalid JSON' with couchDB view but the json's fine

Question

I am trying to setup the following view on CouchDB

{
\"_id\":\"_design/id\",
\"_rev\":\"1-9be2e55e05ac368da3047841f301203d\",
\"language\":\"javascript\",
    \"         


        

Answer 1

Did you update CouchDB from source recently? If so, be sure to remove all old files.