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Install libmongocrypt
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Overview
The libmongocrypt library performs encryption and decryption, and
manages communication between the driver and the Key Management System
(KMS). It is packaged with some drivers, but others require you
to install it.
To see if you need to install libmongocrypt, check if
it is listed as a dependency in the Drivers compatibility table.
Warning
Do not build libmongocrypt from source. Use one of the installation
methods listed on this page.
macOS Installation
brew install mongodb/brew/libmongocrypt
Windows Installation
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to begin a download with the latest release binary and includes directory.
Linux Installation
Debian
Import the public key used to sign the package repositories:
sudo sh -c 'curl -s --location https://pgp.mongodb.com/libmongocrypt.asc | gpg --dearmor >/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/libmongocrypt.gpg'
Add the MongoDB repository to your package sources:
Important
Change <release> in the following shell command to your platform release (e.g. "xenial" or "buster").
echo "deb https://libmongocrypt.s3.amazonaws.com/apt/debian <release>/libmongocrypt/1.9 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libmongocrypt.list
Update the package cache:
sudo apt-get update
Install libmongocrypt:
sudo apt-get install -y libmongocrypt-dev
Ubuntu
Import the public key used to sign the package repositories:
sudo sh -c 'curl -s --location https://pgp.mongodb.com/libmongocrypt.asc | gpg --dearmor >/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/libmongocrypt.gpg'
Add the MongoDB repository to your package sources:
Important
Change <release> in the following shell command to your platform release (e.g. "xenial" or "buster").
echo "deb https://libmongocrypt.s3.amazonaws.com/apt/ubuntu <release>/libmongocrypt/1.9 universe" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libmongocrypt.list
Update the package cache:
sudo apt-get update
Install libmongocrypt:
sudo apt-get install -y libmongocrypt-dev
RedHat
Create a repository file for the libmongocrypt package:
[libmongocrypt] name=libmongocrypt repository baseurl=https://libmongocrypt.s3.amazonaws.com/yum/redhat/$releasever/libmongocrypt/1.9/x86_64 gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 gpgkey=https://pgp.mongodb.com/libmongocrypt.asc
Install the libmongocrypt package:
sudo yum install -y libmongocrypt
Amazon Linux 2
Create a repository file for the libmongocrypt package:
[libmongocrypt] name=libmongocrypt repository baseurl=https://libmongocrypt.s3.amazonaws.com/yum/amazon/2/libmongocrypt/1.9/x86_64 gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 gpgkey=https://pgp.mongodb.com/libmongocrypt.asc
Install the libmongocrypt package:
sudo yum install -y libmongocrypt
Amazon Linux
Create a repository file for the libmongocrypt package:
[libmongocrypt] name=libmongocrypt repository baseurl=https://libmongocrypt.s3.amazonaws.com/yum/amazon/2013.03/libmongocrypt/1.9/x86_64 gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 gpgkey=https://pgp.mongodb.com/libmongocrypt.asc
Install the libmongocrypt package:
sudo yum install -y libmongocrypt
Suse
Import the public key used to sign the package repositories:
sudo rpm --import https://pgp.mongodb.com/libmongocrypt.asc
Add the repository to your package sources:
Important
Change <release> in the following shell command to your platform release (e.g. "12" or "15").
sudo zypper addrepo --gpgcheck "https://libmongocrypt.s3.amazonaws.com/zypper/suse/<release>/libmongocrypt/1.9/x86_64" libmongocrypt
Install the libmongocrypt package:
sudo zypper -n install libmongocrypt
Next Steps
Once you have installed your driver dependencies, install and configure a library to continue setting up your deployment and development environment.