how to install mongodb binary package on linux

Question

I'm trying to install mongodb binary package by following the steps at http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-linux/ I'm on debian linux(Ubuntu 12.04) when I try to launch mongod, I get the message

bash: /usr/local/bin/mongod: cannot execute binary file

the ldd from /usr/local/bin/mongod reads not a dynamic executable

Answer 1

Installing mongodb binary package on linux takes only a few minutes. I would like to include installation of mongodb binary steps in shorter here:

Step 1 : Download the latest .tar.gz file from here ,always prefer 64 bit for production.

Step 2 : Make a source directory(/usr/local) and now extract the downloaded file using the below command:

 tar zxf mongodb-linux-i686-1.6.0.tar.gz 

Step 3 : Create a data directory using the below command

mkdir -p /data/db

Step 4 : Create an user mongo_user using the following command

useradd mongo_user

Step 5 : Change the ownership of the files in the source and data directory using the following command

chown -R mongo_user.mongo_user /usr/local/

chown -R mongo_user.mongo_user /data/db/

Step 6 : Create a configuration file in any directory say vim /etc/mongod.conf

Now add the following details as shown below:

verbose = true
dbpath = /data/db
logpath = /var/log/mongodb.log
logappend = true
port = 27017

Step 7 : Move to the bin folder in the source directory and now start the mongo server by the following command

./mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf

Step 8 : Within the bin folder in source directory start the mongo client by the following command

./mongo --port 27017

The mongodb prompt appears !!!

PS : This is partially adapted from my blog. For a clearer explanation see the original article .

Answer 2

This should get you up and running quickly:

Install (/home/username/)

sudo wget https://fastdl.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.6.7.tgz?_ga=1.57038442.1512045927.1417277541

sudo tar -zxvf mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.6.7.tgz?_ga=1.57038442.1512045927.1417277541

sudo mv mongodb-linux-x86_64-2.6.7 mongo-2.6.7

Create database directory (/home/username/mongo-2.6.7)

sudo mkdir databases 

Start mongo

mongod --dbpath /home/username/mongo-2.6.7/databases

Enter shell (/home/username/mongo-2.6.7/bin)

./mongo 

You can set-up more in-depth configurations after you've played with it a bit.

Answer 3

It is caused by running 64-bit application on 32-bit system or vice versa.

Double checkin and aligning your Linux OS version and the Mongodb version will solve this issue.