安装MongoDB时遇到问题

Question

I am trying to set up MongoDB on my local machine. I have attached some screenshots below. So I can run some of the MongoDB executable files from my terminal, but after I run ./mongod I can't call mongo as a command in the terminal. The commands git and node both work, but when I use the command mongo I get nothing.

I have the mongoDB folder with everything in it on my desktop right now and I am pretty sure that is not where it needs to be. Can anyone shed some light on the issues I might be having.

As a side note, I have MAMP installed on my localhost. Not sure if that is causing issues.

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Answer 1

Since you downloaded MongoDB, not installed it from brew Mac OS does not understand that mongo should be in your app path and when you type:

> mongo

It only searches your app path not your directory where the mongo binary actually is.

You can install via homebrew, which is the recommended way: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/

You can also add that directory to your PATH like so:

export $PATH=$PATH:/path/to/mongo