How to install MongoDB on Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on 16 Jan 2012

10gen publishes MongoDB packages, here is how to install one.

Add the 10gen repo to your source list.

 $ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

/etc/apt/sources.list

 ...
    deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
    deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main

    deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen

Add the GPG key

 $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10

Update your packakes list.

 $ sudo apt-get update

Install the MongoDB package.

 $ sudo apt-get install mongodb-10gen

Check that it is working by entering:

 $ mongo

You should now see this:

 MongoDB shell version: 2.0.2
    connecting to: test
    >