How To Install mongodb-clients on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mongodb-clients on Debian 9. mongodb-clients is object/document-oriented database (client apps)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mongodb-clients on Debian 9.

What is mongodb-clients

mongodb-clients is:

MongoDB is a high-performance, open source, schema-free document-oriented data store that’s easy to deploy, manage and use. It’s network accessible, written in C++ and offers the following features:

* Collection oriented storage - easy storage of object-style data
* Full index support, including on inner objects
* Query profiling
* Replication and fail-over support
* Efficient storage of binary data including large objects (e.g. videos)
* Auto-sharding for cloud-level scalability

High performance, scalability, and reasonable depth of functionality are the goals for the project.

This package contains the standard administrative shell (mongo) and other utilities for administration or analysis of performance of the server.

There are three methods to install mongodb-clients on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mongodb-clients Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mongodb-clients using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mongodb-clients

Install mongodb-clients Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mongodb-clients using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mongodb-clients

Install mongodb-clients 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mongodb-clients using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mongodb-clients

How To Uninstall mongodb-clients on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mongodb-clients package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mongodb-clients

Uninstall mongodb-clients And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mongodb-clients and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mongodb-clients

Remove mongodb-clients Configurations and Data

To remove mongodb-clients configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mongodb-clients

Remove mongodb-clients configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mongodb-clients configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mongodb-clients

Dependencies

mongodb-clients have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mongodb-clients package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.