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Download and Install

1

Install dependencies

Before you being developing, ensure you have the following dependencies installed in your development environment:

  • Compiler that supports C++17, such as GCC, Clang, or Visual Studio

  • CMake v3.15 or later

  • pkg-config

Note

C++17 Polyfills

This tutorial configures the C++ driver to use the C++17 standard library. If you want to install the driver for pre-C++17 configurations, you must choose a C++17 polyfill library. To learn more about C++17 polyfills, see the Choose a C++17 Polyfill guide.

2

Download the C++ driver

To download the latest version of the C++ driver from the mongo-cxx-driver Github repository, run the following commands in your shell from your root directory:

curl -OL https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver/releases/download/r3.11.0/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.11.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf mongo-cxx-driver-r3.11.0.tar.gz
cd mongo-cxx-driver-r3.11.0/build
3

Configure the driver for installation

Select the tab corresponding to your operating system and run following command from your mongo-cxx-driver-r3.11.0/build directory:

cmake ..                                \
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release          \
    -DMONGOCXX_OVERRIDE_DEFAULT_INSTALL_PREFIX=OFF

This command instructs CMake to install mongocxx into the /usr/local directory.

'C:\<path>\cmake.exe' .. \
    -G "Visual Studio <version> <year>" -A "x64"         \
    -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17                     \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\mongo-cxx-driver  \

This command instructs CMake to install mongocxx into the C:\mongo-cxx-driver directory. Replace the following placeholder values:

  • <path>: The path to your CMake executable

  • <version>: Your Visual Studio version number

  • <year>: The year corresponding to your Visual Studio version

4

Build and install the driver

Select the tab corresponding to your operating system and run following commands to install the driver:

cmake --build .
sudo cmake --build . --target install
cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo
cmake --build . --target install --config RelWithDebInfo

After you complete these steps, you have the C++ driver installed on your machine.

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