Error running BITCOIND in Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop 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&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)**


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