Building and installing MongoDB C++ driver in OS X

Question

I have downloaded the latest version of MongoDB C++ driver for my os x from http://dl.mongodb.org/dl/cxx-driver. Then I extracted using tar xvf command in os x terminal. After that I run scons to build the driver. It build successfully by giving following messages

-- some messages --
ranlib build/libmongoclient.a
ranlib: file: build/libmongoclient.a(backtrace.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/libmongoclient.a(posix_fadvise.o) has no symbols
ranlib: file: build/libmongoclient.a(ssl_manager.o) has no symbols
Install file: "build/libmongoclient.a" as "libmongoclient.a"
scons: done building targets.

So, then I run the command "scons install" to install the library into my machine.

--some messages --
scons: done reading SConscript files.
scons: Building targets ...
scons: `install' is up to date.
scons: done building targets.

But when I check into the /usr/local directory for the libmongoclient libs, It's not there. But inside my extracted mongoDB driver folder, there is a file with the name of "libmongoclient.a". But there is no file with the extension of ".dylib". Then How do I use mongoDB Xcode & gcc C++ ? Somebody help me to link with "libmongoclient" library from Xcode.

Answer 1

It took me a while to get this working. Hopefully you can get yours working from the following steps:

Create a new C++ project in Xcode

I copied the code from <mongo_driver_install>/src/mongo/client/examples/tutorial.cpp as a test

In Build Settings/Search Paths:

Add the following to your Header Search Paths:

/path/to/mongo-cxx-driver-nightly/src

and your equivalent path for the boost library header files (the folder should contain a boost folder):

/usr/local/Cellar/boost/1.54.0/include

Add the following to your Library Search Paths:

/usr/local/lib (in my case holds all of the boost libraries)
/path/to/mongo-cxx-driver-nightly

Link Binaries

In the Build Phases/Link Binary with Libraries settings:

Add the following binaries:

/path/to/mongo-cxx-driver-nightly/libmongoclient.a
/usr/local/lib/libboost_thread-mt.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libboost_system-mt.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libboost_filesystem-mt.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libboost_program_options-mt.dylib