The tutorial here: http://docs.couchbase.com/couchbase-lite/cbl-phonegap/
Says “you have the latest released version of each tool.”
I and others got it running with iOS-sim 1.8 but not the latest 1.9.
see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22440346/unable-to-run-phonegap-ios-app/23150660#23150660
Thanks