Follow the below steps to install MongoDB in Ubuntu:
1. Import the MongoDB public key
Ubuntu package manager use this key to check the consistency and authenticity of the packages
sudo apt-key adv –keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 –recv 7F0CEB10
2. Generate a file with the MongoDB repository url
echo ‘deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen’ | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
3. Refresh the local database with the packages
sudo apt-get update
4. Install the last stable MongoDB version and all the necessary packages on our system
sudo apt-get install mongodb-org
MongoDB installed successfully on the machine, now you can start using of it.
Basic commands and other details:
5. Now, our local MongoDB instance is running, we can check it with
$ ps -ef | grep mongo
6. How can we check the installed version?
$ mongo –version
7. How can we open a MongoDB shell?
$ mongo
8. How to start the mongod service
$ sudo service mongod start
9. How to stop the mongod service
$ sudo service mongod stop
10 . How to restart the mongod service
$ sudo service mongod restart
To Know the directories where MongoDB stores the sources, logs and our data:
Sources: /usr/bin/
Logs: /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
Data: /var/lib/mongodb/
To install MongoDB by specific version follow the command:
$ apt-get install mongodb-org=2.6.1 mongodb-org-server=2.6.1 mongodb-org-shell=2.6.1 mongodb-org-mongos=2.6.1 mongodb-org-tools=2.6.1
Reference Link: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/