[DOCS-3354] Comment on: "manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt" Created: 06/May/14 Updated: 14/Dec/16 Resolved: 23/Jan/15 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Documentation |
| Component/s: | manual |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | v1.3.17 |
| Type: | Improvement | Priority: | Major - P3 |
| Reporter: | Nathan Arthur | Assignee: | Michael Paik |
| Resolution: | Done | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | collector-298ba4e7 | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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WIndows Location: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows/ |
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| Days since reply: | 9 years, 9 weeks ago |
| Description |
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Hello, The instructions on this page are self-inconsistent and broken. It looks like you added an installer as the default download in 2.6.1, and then someone updated the "install as a service manually" section to try to match the paths that the installer uses (but they got it wrong), and they didn't update the rest of the doc. There are also bugs in the instructions provided. To be clear:
Also, while I'm happy to see you working on a Windows installer, I'm not happy at all that it's putting mongo into 'program files' and into a directory with the version number in it. That makes it harder to use from the shell (see: the issues above) and harder to write convenience scripts for. It's also not really a net-benefit if I end up having to install the service manually anyway (with the tricky shell/quoting issues) - the installer should really do that automatically. Thanks for all your work on MongoDB! If I can help, please let me know. |
| Comments |
| Comment by Githook User [ 17/Dec/14 ] |
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Author: {u'username': u'tychoish', u'name': u'Sam Kleinman', u'email': u'samk@10gen.com'}Message: |
| Comment by Sam Kleinman (Inactive) [ 06/May/14 ] |
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Thanks for this catch. I'm talking with folks who do the most work with MongoDB on windows as well as on the packaging itself, to try and figure out the best strategy for this moving forward. Also, thanks for your patience. Cheers, |