mongodump and mongorestore command not found mac

Question

I intalled mongodb by the following steps

• Downloaded mongodb-macos-x86_64-4.4.0.tgz
• sudo mv mongodb-macos-x86_64-4.4.0.tgz /usr/local/mongodb
• mkdir -p /data/db
• sudo chown myusername /data/db
• mongod

Now the mongodb server is started and running, I need to import my db with the backup I have. I tried importing data with the following command

• mongorestore --host localhost --port 27017 --db dbName /Users/userName/Downloads/mongo

It throws

• mongorestore: command not found

How can I install mongostore and mongodumb seperately? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

As of MongoDB 4.4 (released July 30, 2020), you need to install mongodump separately because the MongoDB Database Tools (which comprises mongodump, mongorestore, and more) has become its own project.

I found this out because I upgraded to MongoDB 4.4 today and mongodump stopped working.

$ mongodump
zsh: command not found: mongodump

I'm on macOS and installed MongoDB via Homebrew. To get mongodump and friends back, I installed the MongoDB Database Tools via Homebrew:

brew tap mongodb/brew

brew install mongodb-database-tools

It looks like you're not using Homebrew, so this should help:

MongoDB Database Tools Installation