Issues with installing the mongo shell on linux

Proffin_72505 · 2020-03-20T11:41:48.320Z

sudo nano /etc/paths

what im i supposed to edit and how to add it after running that command

steevej · 2020-03-20T11:59:01.565Z

Could you provide a link to the instructions you are following? I do not remember having to edit /etc/paths.

Proffin_72505 · 2020-03-20T12:00:19.597Z

https://university.mongodb.com/mercury/M001/2020_March_17/chapter/Chapter_0_Setup/lesson/5963b30cc1da5a32116dc5b5/lecture

Proffin_72505 · 2020-03-20T12:01:00.679Z

im using linux

steevej · 2020-03-20T12:54:02.307Z

The course must have changed because I do not have a chapter 0 in my version of the course. Hopefully somebody that have access to the same version of the course can help you.

Ramachandra_Tummala · 2020-03-21T01:52:11.196Z

You have to update your PATH with mongodb
Please check this link which gives some screenshots on how to do it and type of errors you get

Dropping and Retaking the Course

steevej · 2020-03-21T11:40:24.952Z

@Proffin_72505, by reading @Ramachandra_37567, I found out that these instructions are not for Linux but for Mac.

Shubham_Ranjan · 2020-03-23T10:01:47.774Z

Hi all,

Yes, we have recently upgraded this course to reflect some of the changes that has taken place since the time of the recording of the video.

On another topic

sudo nano /etc/paths

what im i supposed to edit and how to add it after running that command

@Proffin_72505 sudo nano /etc/paths command will open the paths file in your terminal. You have to add the path of the bin directory (as mentioned in the lecture) in this file so that you can use some of the MongoDB based commands form any directory.

If you are still having any issue then please share a screenshot of the work that you have done so far.

~ Shubham

Milan_44499 · 2020-04-03T06:55:15.813Z

Hi Shubham I’ve added the path of the bin directory in /etc/paths, but instead of getting expected output, I’m getting like this
Command ‘mongo’ not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install mongodb-clients
I’m sure something went wrong but I can’t figured it out. So can you please help me in that?