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Type: Task
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Priority: Minor - P4
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Affects Version/s: None
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Component/s: Installation
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Problem Statement/Rationale
Feature/enhancement request for MongoDB Compass package distribution.
Customer reports:
Could you include mongodb-compass in an apt repo, so we have the ability to install it on Debian/Ubuntu using the apt package manager, instead of manual .deb downloads and installation with dpkg? Doing manual .deb downloads and installations is kind of a hassle. Feels like working on Windows. And it doesn't update automatically along with all our other installed packages when we do an apt update; apt upgrade. And the .deb downloader links on your Compass Linux installation doco page are out of date anyway; see case 01128481, which I think is kinda proof that apt would be more convenient? Looks like y'all already have an apt repo at https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu. That's where we get our MongoDB server and CLI tools from, I think. Could you add Compass there? Or is this an open-core "mongodb.org vs mongodb.com" thing? If it is, could you maybe make a separate apt repo for the commercial Compass etc. stuff? apt really is a lot nicer to work with than manual dpkg/.deb stuff.
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Linux installer download links in the "Download and Install Compass" page at https://www.mongodb.com/docs/compass/master/install/ are out of date. Could you have the links on this doco page updated automatically? Or maybe you could have a https://downloads.mongodb.com/compass/latest/deb URL or something that's an alias to the latest stable version (and still works with wget and curl and downloads the file with the correct file name that has the actual version in it using Content-Disposition headers or something)?