user9382: Running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop under Oracle VirtualBox in Windows 7 64bit I get the following error:
sim@sim-VirtualBox:~/bitcoin-0.8.5-linux/bin/32$ ./bitcoind -rpcpassword=12345 **terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector<boost::filesystem::basic_filesystem_error<boost::filesystem::basic_path<std::string, boost::filesystem::path_traits> > > >'
  what():  boost::filesystem::create_directory: File exists: "/home/sim/.bitcoin"
Aborted (core dumped)**

Anyone know how I can fix this or what the issue may be?

user9790: Do you have a file named .bitcoin. in your root directory? If so, delete it with rm /home/sim/.bitcoin and try running the server again. 

9382: <p>Running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop under Oracle VirtualBox in Windows 7 64bit I get the following error:</p>

<pre><code>sim@sim-VirtualBox:~/bitcoin-0.8.5-linux/bin/32$ ./bitcoind -rpcpassword=12345 **terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::exception_detail::clone_impl&lt;boost::exception_detail::error_info_injector&lt;boost::filesystem::basic_filesystem_error&lt;boost::filesystem::basic_path&lt;std::string, boost::filesystem::path_traits&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;'
  what():  boost::filesystem::create_directory: File exists: "/home/sim/.bitcoin"
Aborted (core dumped)**
</code></pre>

<p>Anyone know how I can fix this or what the issue may be?</p>
 9790: <p>Do you have a file named <code>.bitcoin.</code> in your root directory? If so, delete it with <code>rm /home/sim/.bitcoin</code> and try running the server again. </p>
