Mongo Database README DOCUMENTATION http://mongodb.onconfluence.com/display/DOCS/Mongo+Documentation ORGANIZATION db/ : core database source code grid/ : socket messaging stuff util/ : util classes BUILDING - Pre-requisite for 'mongo', the MongoDB interactive shell: The shell requires the library ../v8/libv8. There is no v8 binary distro, so we recommend you install and build V8 as follows: $ cd .. $ svn checkout http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ v8 $ cd v8 $ scons libv8.a - Then use scons to build. If you want to build everything (mongod, mongo, tools, etc): $ scons . If you only want to build the database: $ scons RUNNING Run ./db and command line options will display. COMPILER VERSIONS Mongo has been tested with GCC 4.1.2 and Visual Studio 2008. Older versions of GCC may not be happy. NOTES Mongo uses the 10gen appserver and the Java Virtual Machine to execute user program code in the database. This feature is optional -- if you would like to run the database without these installed, run with the --nojni option. With --nojni specified, the db.eval() and $where features are no longer available. 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 should work fine with small development databases. To compile the unit tests, you need to install the unit test framework from: http://unittest.red-bean.com/ --- WINDOWS --- COMPILING REQUIREMENTS - python 2.6 (for scons) - scons - boost 1.35 - vc++ express - windows sdk - tested with v6.0 v6.0a - java sdk 1.6 you have to add java\jdk\bin\ to your path scons mkdir \data\ mkdir \data\db db\db run