Can't install mongo on macOS

Liliane_Top · 2020-08-15T07:06:54.503Z

What do you mean by correct your mongodb path?
Is the following not correct?
bash-3.2$ /Users/lilianetop/Desktop/mongodb-macos-x86_64-4.4.0/bin

Liliane_Top · 2020-08-15T07:08:08.879Z

Have you been able to solve it?

Liliane_Top · 2020-08-15T07:33:24.933Z

I solved it as I downloaded the wrong package. The confusion comes from the screens shown are outdated and incomplete.

Krishna_K · 2020-08-15T16:06:25.001Z

Yes, I resolved it and agree with you as some of the instructions are confusing and outdated.

Shubham_Ranjan · 2020-08-17T02:58:07.903Z

Hi @Liliane_Top,

I’m glad your issue got resolved and thanks for the feedback. We will shortly update the instructions.

~ Shubham

Anastasia_Alexandrova · 2020-09-21T09:39:21.622Z

Hi! I’m facing the same issue with installing Mongo on macOS.
I’ve set the path and when trying to run mongo I receive this error:

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steevej · 2020-09-21T12:45:28.782Z

follow the instruction to update your path or specify the full path name of the command

Anastasia_Alexandrova · 2020-09-21T13:30:51.953Z

I followed the instruction. The .tar file is mongodb-macos-x86_64-enterprise-4.4.1.tgz
The path specified in the /etc/paths is /Users/anastasia/Desktop/mongodb-macos-x86_64-enterprise-4.4.1/bin
yet after the restart the mongo is not started

Shubham_Ranjan · 2020-09-21T13:38:39.203Z

Hi @Anastasia_Alexandrova,

What’s the output of this command ?

echo $PATH

I can see you are currently using bash shell but did you switch to bash shell before setting the path ?

Anastasia_Alexandrova · 2020-09-21T13:49:38.209Z

@Shubham_Ranjan , I did switch to bash shell before updating /etc/paths
the output of echo $PATH is /Users/anastasia/.pyenv/shims:/Users/anastasia/go/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Ramachandra_Tummala · 2020-09-21T15:25:42.639Z

But mongodb/bin is missing in your path
If you have edited the file and saved it you should see the path
Can you show contents of /etc/paths

Shubham_Ranjan · 2020-09-24T14:41:14.413Z

Hi @Anastasia_Alexandrova,

Please share the information requested by @Ramachandra_37567.

On another topic

But mongodb/bin is missing in your path
If you have edited the file and saved it you should see the path
Can you show contents of /etc/paths

~ Shubham

Anastasia_Alexandrova · 2020-09-24T14:54:39.199Z

Hi all! I’ve added the path to mongodb in my .zshrc file and then I was able to start mongo shell.

Shubham_Ranjan · 2020-09-24T18:34:09.224Z

Hi @Anastasia_Alexandrova,

I’m glad your issue got resolved. Please feel free to get back to us if you face any other issues.

~ Shubham

Anh_Huynh · 2020-10-05T06:55:50.976Z

Hi! I’m having the same issue as Anastasia had! However I couldn’t figure out how to resolve it. Could you please help me? Many thanks!

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steevej · 2020-10-05T11:47:11.183Z

You have a backslash and a space in your path that do not belong there.

Shubham_Ranjan · 2020-10-06T04:34:59.926Z

Hi @Anh_Huynh,

Let us know if you were able to resolve your issue. Fixing the path would resolve your issue.

~ Shubham

Anh_Huynh · 2020-10-06T05:45:06.002Z

On another topic

echo $PATH

Thanks Steeve!! It works now! Many thanks!!

Anh_Huynh · 2020-10-06T05:46:45.144Z

Hi Shubham! The issue has been resolved! Thank you for your help!

system · 2022-09-14T00:41:21.544Z