MongoDB With C++ In Ubuntu

Install standard repository package.

$ sudo aptitude install mongodb

Create data directory. By default mongo uses /data/db.

$ sudo mkdir -p /data/db/
$ sudo chown `id -u` /data/db

Try to run the server. (If you decided to use another path for data run mongod with --dbpath option)

$ mongod

If it runs, the you are ok. But if it throws an error

mongo: error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Then we will have to find that missing library.

$ find /usr/lib/* -name libmozjs.so
/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.8/libmozjs.so
/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.8/libmozjs.so
/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.8/sdk/lib/libmozjs.so

Now create a symbolic link

$ cd /usr/lib
$ sudo ln -s xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.8/sdk/lib/libmozjs.so libmozjs.so

Now try to start the server again. It should be working. Start the client and run some queries:

$ mongo
> db.foo.save( { a : 1 } )
> db.foo.find()

Installing Libraries For C++

So the database is up and running, now we need some C++ libs to be able to connect to it.

$ sudo aptitude install libboost-all-dev libpcre++-dev

Now we should be able to run this code, to test the connection.

//tutorial.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <mongo/client/dbclient.h>

using namespace std;

void run() {
  mongo::DBClientConnection c;
  c.connect("localhost");
}

int main() {
  try {
    run();
    cout << "connected ok" << endl;
  } catch( mongo::DBException &e ) {
    cout << "caught " << e.what() << endl;
  }
  return 0;
}

Build and run this code using:

$ g++ tutorial.cpp -lmongoclient -lboost_thread-mt -lboost_filesystem-mt -lboost_program_options-mt tutorial
$ ./tutorial
connected ok