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MissElizabeth
MissElizabeth

Reputation: 549

Mongod: Command Not Found (OS X)

I am trying to test MongoDB and I have it all downloaded and moved into the root folder. I can navigate to the folder that holds the mongod, but when I try to run it by typing "mongod" into my terminal, I get a message that says:

"mongod: command not found"

Upvotes: 34

Views: 154971

Answers (17)

starterProgrammer
starterProgrammer

Reputation: 286

for me i Used the latest version of mongoDb ([email protected]) and for that we should use mongosh instead of mongod enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

Bayram Binbir
Bayram Binbir

Reputation: 2217

Fix for MongoDB version 6.0 and above

If you’re using mongodb version 6.0, and above, the command you’d need to use for entering the mongodb shell is changed from mongo to mongosh:

$ mongosh

And that’s it✅😃! Yeah! It’s really that simple (as long as this is actually the problem in your specific scenario).

Upvotes: 1

Henry Teh
Henry Teh

Reputation: 191

This answer is a little bit unrelated, but if you using vscode & would like to interact with mongoDB using command line, have a read.

I was looking to use mongod command as well (as i love to use command to interact with mongoDB), but after several attempts of install i completely give up. Until i found this, the mongoDB vscode extension.

The extension is loading the data pretty fast just like mongod command compare to mongo compass. It allow you to perform CRUD & aggregation in the mongoDB playground, and most importantly you able to retrieve the command on next execution by storing your command in a file with .mongodb extension.

*Update: After using it several weeks, everything is nice, just need to make sure you connecting to the right mongoDB connection (if you establish few different connection)

Upvotes: 0

Nuri Kim
Nuri Kim

Reputation: 211

I received the same error message because I used the wrong command to run mongod (meant for M1s) for my 2019 MacBook with an Intel processor. You can skip past Homebrew updates and MongoDB installation but here's how I resolved my issue:

Download Xcode Command Line tools.

xcode-select --install

Allow Homebrew to add and access MongoDB:

brew tap mongodb/brew

Update Homebrew:

brew update

Install MongoDB Community Edition (@6.0 is the latest version at the time of this post):

brew install [email protected]

macOS with Intel processors:

mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf --fork

macOS with Apple M1 processors:

mongod --config /opt/homebrew/etc/mongod.conf --fork

Then open the shell:

mongosh

Or just run mongod.

Official documentation on installation here.

Upvotes: 17

Siddiqui Noor
Siddiqui Noor

Reputation: 7955

I was looking for the same and later I have found that now it's very straight forward to install the new MongoDB Community Edition like below:

Installing MongoDB 6.0 Community Edition

brew tap mongodb/brew

Note: If you haven't yet install brew then follow this link: https://brew.sh/#install

Update Homebrew

brew update

Install MongoDB

brew install [email protected]

The installation includes the following binaries:

  • The mongod server
  • The mongos sharded cluster query router
  • The MongoDB Shell, mongosh

Run MongoDB Community Edition

To run MongoDB (i.e. the mongod process) as a macOS service, run:

brew services start [email protected]

To stop a mongod running as a macOS service, use the following command as needed:

brew services stop [email protected]

Upvotes: 1

Stanislaw Bidowaniec
Stanislaw Bidowaniec

Reputation: 161

If you use brew then check the path:
brew list
brew list mongodb-community@...
then add it to .zshrc

zsh: command not found: mongo

after that use mongosh instead of mongo

Upvotes: 0

Shivam Modi
Shivam Modi

Reputation: 379

MongoDB 5.0 issue resolved - SEP/2022

do following steps

step 1: open a .zshrc file if it does not exist it will create by itself by following the command. For opening or creating a .zshrc file below command is the same.

vim .zshrc

step 2: insert value in it by pressing 'i'

step 3: insert the below command there or paste it there.

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin"

step 4: to exit click on esc key and the write :wq

step 5: Close the terminal and reopen it and type the below command

mongo

Output

MongoDB shell version v5.0.11
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:279021/?
compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb

Successfully integrated mongo 🎉 🎉 🎉

happy coding !!

Upvotes: 0

Kᴏɴsᴛᴀɴᴛɪɴ Sʜɪʟᴏᴠ
Kᴏɴsᴛᴀɴᴛɪɴ Sʜɪʟᴏᴠ

Reputation: 13056

For example, install 64bit MongoDB 2.6.12 on macOS Catalina. (for newest versions you may go to https://www.mongodb.com/download-center/community for your platform).

  1. Download, extract and move:

    wget http://downloads.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-x86_64-2.6.12.tgz

    tar xzf mongodb-osx-x86_64-2.6.12.tgz

    mv mongodb-osx-x86_64-2.6.12/ /usr/local/mongodb/

  2. Add to file ~/.zshrc this:

    export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/mongodb/bin"

    PS: .bash_profile or .profile not worked in my case

  3. Reload terminal (or close, open it):

    source ~/.zshrc

  4. Make directory for data and set rights:

    mkdir -p ~/data/db

    chown -R mongodb.mongodb ~/data/db

  5. Run MongoDB:

    mongod --dbpath ~/data/db

Upvotes: 12

Jay Prakash Thakur
Jay Prakash Thakur

Reputation: 615

I have installed [email protected], was facing the same issue. I followed below steps.

  1. open bash profile in any editor (you can also try - vi ~/.bash_profile)

  2. write this export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin" & save.

  3. do this . source ~/.bash_profile

Upvotes: 3

MissElizabeth
MissElizabeth

Reputation: 549

"Mongod" isn't a stand-alone command. You need to run the command like this:

./mongodb/bin/mongod

I used this webpage to help me answer this question.

Upvotes: 14

Kushagr Arora
Kushagr Arora

Reputation: 2118

I was trying to install a previous version (3.6) using latest documentation (4.2 is already released). So, they now call it [email protected].

In order to update PATH for such setup, the statement should be

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin";

I got hint from @retroGiant 's answer

Upvotes: 5

Muhammad Amir
Muhammad Amir

Reputation: 672

run this command, it works:

brew services start [email protected]

Upvotes: 3

Cesar Gamboa Avellan
Cesar Gamboa Avellan

Reputation: 557

This worked for me:

  1. brew tap mongodb/brew
  2. brew install [email protected]
  3. mongod

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/

Upvotes: 13

Ahmed Younes
Ahmed Younes

Reputation: 1134

In root directory

sudo mkdir data
cd data 
mkdir db

then 

sudo chown -R yourUsername /data/

copy path of your mongodb/bin downloaded folder (I suggest you put it in home folder not root dir)

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in terminal

export PATH="paste the link here :$PATH"

now it should work but if not

In case you are using different Unix shell and trying to execute mongod within visual studio code( for example ), make sure to read the documentation to link PATH.

For example, if you are using zsh create .zprofile in your home directory.

touch .zprofile

copy your previously made PATH into .zprofile

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Now everything should work as expected.

Upvotes: 2

Haddad
Haddad

Reputation: 127

3 steps:

Step 1: 

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/mongodb/bin"

OR

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin"

(replace version number with your local version)

The first step will allow you to run the command, but will get you another error: "/data/db does not exit" so you have to

Step 2 : 

sudo mkdir -p /data/db

Now /data/db is read only, but it has to be writable also so

Step 3 :

sudo chown -R USERNAME /data/db

Upvotes: 5

Laurent Jacquot
Laurent Jacquot

Reputation: 591

Both answers above are correct. You can either specify the path in one of the following files: .profile, .bashrc, or .bash_profile

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/mongodb/bin"

then call the daemon or the shell directly

mongod
mongo

Or for the commands not in the $PATH, use ./mongo or ./mongod from the directory containing these files. This solution can be verbose has you will have to eventually append the whole path when calling these commands from another directory.

/usr/local/mongodb/bin/mongod
or
/usr/local/mongodb/bin$ ./mongod

Upvotes: 31

Mark Setchell
Mark Setchell

Reputation: 207345

You need to add the name of the folder that contains the command mongod into your PATH so your shell knows where to find it.

So, if mongod is in /usr/bin/freddyfrog, you would edit ~/.profile and find the line that says PATH= and edit it to look like this:

export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/bin/freddyfrog

Then login again to make it take effect.

Upvotes: 7

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