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authorEliot Horowitz <eliot@10gen.com>2009-11-19 10:49:34 -0500
committerEliot Horowitz <eliot@10gen.com>2009-11-19 10:49:34 -0500
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mongo - The database shell (uses interactive javascript).
BUILDING
+
+ see docs/building.md
- For detail information about building, please see:
-
- http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Building
-
- If you want to build everything (mongod, mongo, tools, etc):
-
- $ scons .
-
- If you only want to build the database:
-
- $ scons
-
- To install
-
- $ scons --prefix=/opt/mongo install
-
- Please note that prebuilt binaries are available on mongodb.org and may be the easier way to get started.
RUNNING
@@ -40,39 +25,8 @@ RUNNING
to see command line options.
-COMPILER VERSIONS
-
- Mongo has been tested with GCC 4.x and Visual Studio 2008. Older versions
- of GCC may not be happy.
-
NOTES
Mongo uses memory mapped files. If built as a 32 bit executable, you will
not be able to work with large (multi-gigabyte) databases. However, 32 bit
builds work fine with small development databases.
-
-WINDOWS
-
- See also http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Building+for+Windows
-
- Build requirements:
- - vc++ express or visual studio
- - python 2.5 (for scons - 2.6 might be needed for some regression tests)
- - scons
- - boost 1.35 (or higher)
- - windows sdk - tested with v6.0 v6.0a
-
- Or download a prebuilt binary for Windows at www.mongodb.org.
-
-UBUNTU
-
- scons libboost-dev libpcre++-dev xulrunner-1.9.1-dev
-
-FreeBSD
-
- Install the following ports:
-
- - devel/boost
- - devel/libexecinfo
- - devel/pcre
- - lang/spidermonkey