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Databases Mongo Basics Getting Started With MongoDB Setting Up MongoDB

Posted by Douglas Dunn
Douglas Dunn
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Warning: mongodb-3.2.9 already installed, it's just not linked

please help

1 Answer

Alexander Nikiforov
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Alexander Nikiforov
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Alexander Nikiforov
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Alexander Nikiforov
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It looks to me based on Stack questions everywhere:

http://superuser.com/questions/949476/mongodb-not-found-on-os-x-10-10-4

You've got mongodb installed, but it was not added to $PATH which means that when you type

mongodb

It should give 

mongodb not found

Am I right ?

If I am, you have to find where you installed your mongodb with brew. Are you using Mac BTW?

So try the answer of the guy in the link posted:

http://superuser.com/questions/949476/mongodb-not-found-on-os-x-10-10-4

He suggests adding path to your mongodb to ~/.bashrc and restarting the terminal. Try that out and let me know what you have ...