Why am i getting this error when trying to install mongoDB?

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Error: No such file or directory - /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/mongodb-community

I am trying to install MongoDB community but I keep getting this error where it gives me an error saying I don't have a directory named mongodb-community when such a directory already exists.

Please don't paste screenshots, use formatted text. See https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/285551/3027266 — Wernfried Domscheit, Dec 03 '21 at 17:38
Yes i did. I think ive solved it @WernfriedDomscheit. But im still facing some issues. — Sai Srinivasan, Dec 03 '21 at 18:48
MongoDB shell version v5.0.4 connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017, connection attempt failed: SocketException: Error connecting to 127.0.0.1:27017 :: caused by :: Connection refused : connect@src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:372:17 @(connect):2:6 exception: connect failed exiting with code 1 — Sai Srinivasan, Dec 03 '21 at 18:49
That's a typical error when MongoDB is not started. Did you start the service? — Wernfried Domscheit, Dec 03 '21 at 20:50
I think i did. I used this : brew services start mongodb-community@5.0 — Sai Srinivasan, Dec 05 '21 at 15:29

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '21 at 17:50

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Just in case someone else ran into the same problem:

Solution i: sudo brew services start mongodb-community

Solution ii: cd Desktop mkdir dbs cd dbs mongod --dbpath .

answered Dec 05 '21 at 17:50

Sai Srinivasan

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These two solutions are quite different! When you start the mongodb service then it reads the configuration file, typically `/etc/mongod.conf` (for Linux). The second one does not read any config file. Thus, the behavior can be very different. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12738322/what-is-the-default-database-path-for-mongodb/67043090#67043090 – Wernfried Domscheit Dec 05 '21 at 18:22

Why am i getting this error when trying to install mongoDB?

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