Mongod: Command Not Found (OS X)

1.1K Asked by Amitraj in Python , Asked on Nov 18, 2022

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"

Answered by Amit verma

Mongod command not found

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).

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/

Add to file ~/.zshrc this:

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

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

Reload terminal (or close, open it):

source ~/.zshrc

Make directory for data and set rights:

mkdir -p ~/data/db

chown -R mongodb.mongodb ~/data/db

Run MongoDB:

mongod --dbpath ~/data/db

Mongod: Command Not Found (OS X)

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