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Trying to get Mongo Compass working on CENTOS 7

Attempting to install and run Mongo Compass on two separate CENTOS 7 laptops, and it doesn't work in either one.

Problem Description: Downloaded the Mongo Compass RPM for Red Hat 7 here: https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/compass Installed it from the Downloads directory using

    sudo yum localinstall mongodb-compass-1.22.1.x86_64.rpm

Note: it installs successfully and a symlink appears in usr/share/applications.

I drag the symlink onto the desktop and click it.

The symlink image bounces around for 10-20 seconds and then disappears.

My Fix Attempts I've tried numerous fixes, including:

  1. Uninstall both Mongo and Mongo Compass & then reinstall Mongo first with no security or restrictions then Mongo Compass
  2. Installing only Mongo Compass first without Mongo installed
  3. Installing EPEL and updating all YUM repos and then re-trying
  4. Opening up permissions to the executable using CHMOD

Nothing seems to do the trick, and I can't find any existing help or advice from others using CENTOS 7 and Mongo Compass.

Solution

  • just to mark this answered!

    after rpm installation do this sudo chmod 4755 /usr/lib/mongodb-compass/chrome-sandbox