Ubuntu 16.04 mongo DB installation failing

Question

root@ttpllt23:~# sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: mongodb-org-server : Depends: libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2) but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Answer 1

I had the same error. For me, the problem was that I was following an install guide in a hurry, failing to see that it was intended for Ubuntu while I myself run Debian. If you are in a similar situation, this should help:

apt search dbmongo

You should find the following package :

mongodb/stable,now 1:3.2.11-2+deb9u1 amd64 
object/document-oriented database (metapackage)

Install it using

sudo apt install mongodb

If you want a handy GUI, you might also want to install the package "mongodb-compass".