npm install -g mongodb not installing mongodb globally on OSX 10.8.4?

Question

I know similar questions have been asked to death, but I can't find my particular situation. I'm just trying to install mongodb globally so that I may run it from any directory by typing mongod instead of being in the specific bin and typing ./mongod which works. I get this error when trying:

Squirrels-MacBook-Air:Code Squirrel$ npm install -g mongodb 
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb'
npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb']
npm ERR!   errno: 3,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb',
npm ERR!   fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR!   fstream_path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb',
npm ERR!   fstream_class: 'DirWriter',
npm ERR!   fstream_stack: 
npm ERR!    [ '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23',
npm ERR!      '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53',
npm ERR!      'Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)' ] }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Darwin 12.4.1
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "mongodb"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/Squirrel/Documents/Code
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.21
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.11
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb
npm ERR! fstream_path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb
npm ERR! fstream_type Directory
npm ERR! fstream_class DirWriter
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb'
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/Squirrel/Documents/Code/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

So I did sudo npm install mongodb -g :

Squirrels-MacBook-Air:~ Squirrel$ sudo npm install mongodb -g 
Password:
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bson/0.2.2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/kerberos/0.0.3
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bson/0.2.2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/kerberos/0.0.3

> kerberos@0.0.3 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/kerberos
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)


> bson@0.2.2 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/bson
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)

mongodb@1.3.19 /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mongodb
├── kerberos@0.0.3
└── bson@0.2.2

But still it's not global. I've also tried export PATH=/path/to/mongodb/bin:$PATH but that only works if I type it into terminal each session. I've had it before so that I could simply type mongo or mongod from any directory, but I'm having trouble on my new computer. Thank you.

I deleted the mongodb directory within the usr/local/lib/node_modules folder, and than I ran

$ sudo find / -name mongod 
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
/Users/Squirrel/.npm/mongod
/Users/Squirrel/.Trash/mongodb-osx-x86_64-2.4.8/bin/mongod
/Users/Squirrel/.Trash/mongodb-osx-x86_64-2.4.8 6.43.25 PM/bin/mongod
/Users/Squirrel/.Trash/mongodb-osx-x86_64-2.4.8 6.57.12 PM/bin/mongod
/Users/Squirrel/.Trash/mongodb-osx-x86_64-2.4.8 7.18.50 PM/bin/mongod
/Users/Squirrel/Documents/Code/mongodb-osx-x86_64-2.4.8/bin/mongod

Should i rm -r /Users/Squirrel/.npm/mongod ?

I also tried homebrew with no luck:

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" brew install mongodb

Answer 1

You're installing the MongoDB driver, not MongoDB, so with only the driver, you won't be able to access mongod or mongo via the command line. Try following the MongoDB OS X install directions:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/

Answer 2

run ps -xa | grep mongod and you don't see a --dbpath which explicitly tells mongod to look at that parameter for the db location and you don't have a dbpath in your mongodb.conf, then the default location will be: /data/db/ and you should look there.