cant use mongo command, shows command not found on mac

Question

I am using Mac Lion. I was using mongodb version 1.4. I wanted to upgrade to 1.8.5 I followed http://shiftcommathree.com/articles/how-to-install-mongodb-on-os-x stepwise replacing each mongodb-Osx-x86_64-1.4.0 by mongodb-Osx-x86_64-1.8.5. everything goes smooth. I tried:

mongod

its ok. I can access localhost:28017 but,

mongo

shows command not found

how I can I fix this

Answer 1

To get rid of this problem you need to add the path to "mongo" to your terminal shell.

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mongodb/bin  

Answer 2

1st step: Go to your [mongodb installation dir]:

cd <mongodb installation dir>

2nd step: Type ./bin/mongo to start mongo:

./bin/mongo