Install Only Mongo Client/Shell - not MongoDB on Windows

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sumon c picture sumon c · Jun 25, 2018 · Viewed 10.6k times · Source

I found exactly same question for RHEL: (my question is for Windows) Install ONLY mongo shell, not mongodb

Is there an Windows equivalent of: mongodb-org-shell

Can I copy the mongo.exe from a Server installation on another Windows machine?

Answer

Wan Bachtiar picture Wan Bachtiar · Jun 26, 2018

On Windows, you can install per component using with the unattended installation option.

Once you've downloaded the .msi installer from MongoDB Download Centre. You can install just the mongo shell component using: 

msiexec.exe /q /i mongodb-win32-x86_64-2008plus-ssl-3.6.5-signed.msi ^
        ADDLOCAL="Client"

See also Run the Windows Installer From the Windows Command Interpreter

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