Procedure
Install MongoDB Community Edition
Install MongoDB Community via the official package/docs for your OS, start mongod, then verify with mongod --version or mongosh --version.
Step 1
Install MongoDB Community per https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/installation/ . macOS: brew tap mongodb/brew && brew install mongodb-community . Windows: download the MSI from the MongoDB Download Center and run the wizard (optionally as a Windows service). Linux: follow the distro tutorial (Ubuntu/Debian mongodb-org apt repo, RHEL yum/dnf) for your OS version.
Step 2
Start the server (e.g. brew services start mongodb-community , systemctl start mongod , or the Windows MongoDB service). Open a new terminal if PATH changed.
Step 3
mongod --version 2>/dev/null || mongosh --version
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