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I installed MongoDB on live VPS to write logs. The server is running on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Mongodb version is 2.0.3. I want to upgrade to latest version (2.0.5) but I want to upgrade only MongoDB. I made test on my desktop with apt-get upgrade and everything is OK after the upgrade. However on my VPS I prefer to update just MongoDB. Any help is appreciated.

George Nikolov
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  • Here is a up to date guide as of March 2013 http://www.lancejian.com/2012/03/12/install-nodejs-in-ubuntu-1004.html – Gourneau Mar 19 '13 at 00:30

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I'm assuming that MongoDB is available in a configured apt repository. You can upgrade only certain packages by listing them in an install command, like this:

apt-get install mongodb

(You should however be keeping your server up to date with packages in the lucid-security repository though.)

mgorven
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  • Thanks for the advice. I tried `apt-get install mongodb-10gen` but I get message that I already have the newest version which is strange since my version is **2.0.3** and the current version is **2.0.5** . The same happens with `apt-get install mongodb` – George Nikolov May 13 '12 at 06:51
  • What repository are you using for the MongoDB packages? Did you run `apt-get update` before trying this? – mgorven May 13 '12 at 07:15
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I'm guessing you accepted mgorven's answer because running apt-get update resolved your issue. To make it clear for anyone else, to get the latest releases of MongoDB on an apt based system, follow the instructions here:

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Ubuntu+and+Debian+packages

The relevant line to add to your sources list for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is:

deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen

Then (after importing the key and running an apt-get update), you should install using:

sudo apt-get install mongodb-10gen

If you install just using "mongodb" you will get a very old release from the 10.04 repositories instead (1.6.x if I remember correctly).

Once the 10gen package is installed, sudo apt-get update followed by sudo apt-get upgrade will take care of installing new versions for you.

Adam C
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