[DOCS-11200] Improve install_compass experience on OSX (SERVER-32211) Created: 12/Jan/18 Updated: 29/Oct/23 Resolved: 23/Jan/18 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Documentation |
| Component/s: | Compass |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | 3.7.1, 3.6.1 |
| Type: | Task | Priority: | Major - P3 |
| Reporter: | Kay Kim (Inactive) | Assignee: | Jeffrey Allen |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | install | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/install_compass/index.html |
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| Days since reply: | 6 years, 3 weeks, 1 day ago | ||||||||
| Epic Link: | DOCS: 4.0 Server | ||||||||
| Story Points: | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Description |
Documentation Request Summary:Python is no longer required for install_compass on Mac: Should probably add a note that it will always update compass removing any old versions found. Engineering Ticket Description:The download/install experience for compass is broken. I tried downloading the tarball for OSX. The directory contains a bare python script (with no standard .py extension. There is no README to tell me what to do with the install_compass file. If I try to click on the file in the finder, most user will get the "install_compass can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer." I can work around by changing my security settings for this one file. But then.... If I try to open it either from the finder or command line, I get this error from a launched term window:
If I try to run it from the command line: ./install_compass, I get this:
If I run it by explicitly using python I get a lot of output which is not going to mean much to the average user:
I thought we were delivering a .dmg? |
| Comments |
| Comment by Githook User [ 23/Jan/18 ] |
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Author: {'name': 'jeff-allen-mongo', 'email': 'jeffrey.allen@10gen.com', 'username': 'jeff-allen-mongo'}Message: |
| Comment by Jeffrey Allen [ 23/Jan/18 ] |
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This is RFM: |
| Comment by Jeffrey Allen [ 22/Jan/18 ] |
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Code review: https://mongodbcr.appspot.com/175980001/ |