Mongod: Command Not Found (OS X)

Question

I am trying to test MongoDB and I have it all downloaded and moved into the root folder. I can navigate to the folder that holds the mongod, but when I try to run it by typi

Answer 1

3 steps:

Step 1:

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

OR

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/opt/mongodb@3.2/bin"

(replace version number with your local version)

The first step will allow you to run the command, but will get you another error: "/data/db does not exit" so you have to

Step 2 :

sudo mkdir -p /data/db

Now /data/db is read only, but it has to be writable also so

Step 3 :

sudo chown -R USERNAME /data/db