How To Install mongo-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mongo-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mongo-tools
mongo-tools is:
mongodb-tools is a collection of tools for administering MongoDB instances. The package includes the following tools:
- bsondump: display BSON files in a human-readable format
- mongoimport: convert data from JSON, TSV or CSV and insert them into a collection
- mongoexport: write an existing collection to CSV or JSON format
- mongodump/mongorestore: dump MongoDB backups to disk in .BSON format, or restore them to a live database
- mongostat: monitor live MongoDB servers, replica sets, or sharded clusters
- mongofiles: read, write, delete, or update files in GridFS
- mongooplog: replay oplog entries between MongoDB servers
- mongotop: monitor read/write activity on a mongo server
There are three methods to install mongo-tools on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mongo-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mongo-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mongo-tools
Install mongo-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mongo-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mongo-tools
Install mongo-tools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mongo-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mongo-tools
How To Uninstall mongo-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mongo-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mongo-tools
Uninstall mongo-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mongo-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mongo-tools
Remove mongo-tools Configurations and Data
To remove mongo-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mongo-tools
Remove mongo-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mongo-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mongo-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mongo-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
