How to install mongoexport on Ubuntu

mongoexport is a command-line tool that produces a JSON or CSV export of data stored in a MongoDB instance. This post describes how to install mongoexport on Ubuntu.

: Download the Database tools package

            
        
wget https://fastdl.mongodb.org/tools/db/mongodb-database-tools-ubuntu1804-x86_64-100.5.0.deb
        
        
        

: Install downloaded Database tools package

            
        
sudo apt install ./mongodb-database-tools-*-100.5.0.deb
        
        
        

: Verify installation by exporting MongoDB collection data

        
        
mongoexport --uri="mongodb+srv://username:password@hostname/database"  --collection=collection_name --out=output.json
        
        
        


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