Package Installation Reference

libbson and libmongoc are available from several package management tools on a variety of systems.

Important

The third-party packages detailed here are not directly controlled via the mongo-c-driver maintainers, and the information found here may be incomplete or out-of-date.

Package Names and Availability

This table details the names and usage notes of such packages.

Note

The development packages (ending in -dev or -devel) include files required to build applications using libbson and libmongoc.

See also:

For a step-by-step tutorial on installing packages, refer to Installing Prebuilt MongoDB C Driver Libraries.

Packaging Tool	Platform(s)	`libbson` package(s)	`libmongoc` package(s)	Notes
APT (`apt` / `apt-get`)	Debian-based Linux distributions (`Debian`, `Ubuntu`, Linux Mint, etc.)	`libbson-1.0-0`, `libbson-dev`, `libbson-doc`	`libmongoc-1.0-0`, `libmongoc-dev`, `libmongoc-doc`
YUM / DNF	RHEL-based systems (RHEL, `Fedora`, `CentOS`, `Rocky Linux`, `AlmaLinux`)	`libbson`, `libbson-devel`	`mongo-c-driver-libs`, `mongo-c-driver-devel`	Except on Fedora the EPEL repositories must be enabled (i.e. install the `epel-release` package first)
APK	Alpine Linux	`libbson`, `libbson-dev`, `libbson-static`	`mongo-c-driver`, `mongo-c-driver-dev`, `mongo-c-driver-static`
pacman	Arch Linux	`mongo-c-driver`	`mongo-c-driver`	A single package provides both runtime and development support for both `libbson` and `libmongoc`
Homebrew	macOS	`mongo-c-driver`	`mongo-c-driver`
Conan	Cross-platform	`mongo-c-driver`	`mongo-c-driver`	See: Conan Settings and Features
vcpkg	Cross-platform	`libbson`	`mongo-c-driver`	See: vcpkg Optional Features

Conan Settings and Features

The mongo-c-driver Conan recipe includes several build settings that correspond to the configure-time build settings available when building the mongo-c-driver project.

Setting	Options	Default	Notes
`shared`	(Boolean)	`False`	Build the shared library instead of the static library
`fPIC`	(Boolean)	`True`	Compile code as position-independent
`srv`	(Boolean)	`True`	Enables MongoDB SRV URI support
`with_ssl`	`openssl`, `libressl`, `windows`, `darwin`, `False`	`openssl` (See note)	Select a TLS backend. Setting to "`False`" disables TLS support.
`with_sasl`	`sspi`, `cyrus`, `False`	`sspi` on Windows, `False` elsewhere	Enable SASL authentication support
`with_snappy`	(Boolean)	`True`	Enable Snappy compression
`with_zlib`	(Boolean)	`True`	Enable Zlib compression
`with_zstd`	(Boolean)	`True`	Enable Zstd compression

Note

Conan will use OpenSSL as the default TLS backend, even on platforms that ship with their own TLS implementation (e.g. Windows and macOS). This behavior differs from the upstream default-configured libmongoc or the vcpkg distribution of mongo-c-driver, which both default to use the TLS implementation preferred for the target platform.

vcpkg Optional Features

The mongo-c-driver package offered by vcpkg supports several optional features.

Feature	Notes
`icu`	Installs the ICU library, which is necessary for non-ASCII usernames and passwords in pre-1.25 `libmongoc`
`openssl`	Use OpenSSL for encryption, even on Windows and Apple platforms which provide a native TLS backend. If omitted, the default will be to use the preferred TLS implementation for the system.
`snappy`	Enable the Snappy compression backend
`zstd`	Enable the Zstd compression backend