MongoDB C Driver latest v1.25.1 is not available in debian and redhat

Sangita_Nalkar · 2023-11-22T08:07:03.342Z

According to documentation for installing prebuilt MongoDB C driver libraries - Installing Prebuilt MongoDB C Driver Libraries - libmongoc 1.25.1

Latest v1.25.1 is not available through apt and yum install on intel.

yum info mongo-c-driver-devel

Available Packages
Name : mongo-c-driver-devel
Version : 1.24.3
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 938 k
Source : mongo-c-driver-1.24.3-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Header files and development libraries for mongo-c-driver
URL : GitHub - mongodb/mongo-c-driver: The Official MongoDB driver for C language
License : Apache-2.0 AND ISC AND MIT AND Zlib
Description : This package contains the header files and development libraries
: for mongo-c-driver.
:

May I please know why the latest version is not available in prebuilt libraries or when will it be available?
Thanks in advance

Rishabh_Bisht · 2023-11-23T12:27:21.147Z

Hi @Sangita_Nalkar

We always release the Debian packages right away after the release on Github. 1.25.1 was released to Debian on November 8th. We can see here that 1.25.1 is currently in the Debian testing distribution

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mongo-c-driver

You can also see it in Fedora packages

packages.fedoraproject.org

mongo-c-driver-devel - Fedora Packages

View mongo-c-driver-devel in the Fedora package repositories. mongo-c-driver-devel: Header files and development libraries for mongo-c-driver

Sangita_Nalkar · 2023-11-24T08:58:26.321Z

Hi @Rishabh_Bisht

Thank you for your quick response.

mongo-c driver is not available in EPEL for RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9 as seen in yum info command output I have provided earlier.

Also v1.23.1 is present on Ubuntu 23.04 and not the latest as following:

$ apt-cache policy libmongoc-dev
libmongoc-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.23.1-1build1
  Version table:
     1.23.1-1build1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/universe amd64 Packages
$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 23.04"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="23.04"
VERSION="23.04 (Lunar Lobster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=lunar
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=lunar
LOGO=ubuntu-logo
$

Sangita_Nalkar · 2023-11-28T08:09:06.255Z

Hi @Rishabh_Bisht , Greetings of the day!

With reference to above package details, can you please let us know when will the latest version be available in EPEL and Ubuntu repositories?

Thanks and Regards,
Sangita

Rishabh_Bisht · 2023-11-28T17:41:59.104Z

Hi Sangita!

For Ubuntu Package archive, C Driver is available in Ubuntu Noble

packages.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu – Details of package libmongoc-dev in noble

MongoDB C client library - dev files

For EPEL repo, we have run into an issue with 1.25 release which we are trying to resolve sooner than later. Details can be tracked in CDRIVER-4788.

Sangita_Nalkar · 2023-12-06T09:52:51.025Z

Thank you @Rishabh_Bisht for the info.

Sangita_Nalkar · 2023-12-13T11:58:38.527Z

Hi @Rishabh_Bisht , Greetings of the day!

As mentioned above, Jira issue CDRIVER-4788 is fixed in v1.25.2 and closed, but latest version 1.25.2 of mongo-c-driver is still not available in EPEL as foll:

Available Packages
Name         : mongo-c-driver-devel
Version      : 1.24.3
Release      : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 910 k
Source       : mongo-c-driver-1.24.3-1.el9.src.rpm
Repository   : epel
Summary      : Header files and development libraries for mongo-c-driver
URL          : https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver
License      : Apache-2.0 AND ISC AND MIT AND Zlib
Description  : This package contains the header files and development libraries
             : for mongo-c-driver.

May I please know when will it be available?

Rishabh_Bisht · 2023-12-18T18:44:03.528Z

@Sangita_Nalkar Thanks for your patience! We ran into another issue with documentation (Sphinx) and have been trying to resolve it. Good news is that we may have found a solution. Please watch CDRIVER-4767 to stay up to date on this.

Sangita_Nalkar · 2024-03-27T07:38:11.235Z

Hi @Rishabh_Bisht , Greetings of the day!

Could you please provide an update. I see above mentioned issue is unresolved and latest version is not available in repo as well.

Regards,
Sangita

Sangita_Nalkar · 2024-05-29T05:09:56.096Z

Hello, Greetings of the day !

Could anyone please provide an update, as I see the above issue CDRIVER-4767 is still unresolved.

Regards,
Sangita

Rishabh_Bisht · 2024-05-29T09:38:11.939Z

Hi @Sangita_Nalkar

Thanks for checking in.

The latest versions of C Driver are available in EPEL 8 and 9

mongo-c-driver - Fedora Packages
mongo-c-driver-devel - Fedora Packages

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Sangita_Nalkar · 2024-05-31T11:47:57.316Z

Rishabh_Bisht:

mongo-c-driver

Thanks a lot @Rishabh_Bisht for your quick response. I do see latest version in now available in EPEL for RHEL 8 and 9.

Thanks and Regards,
Sangita