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Step-wise guide to run this application on your localhost (Using Windows)(will not work on XP or earlier) :
- mongoDB
- python 3.0 (or higher) and some python packages
- Any browser
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Check out your OS Architecture (by right-clicking on "My PC" or "This PC" on your desktop and select properties. It should be listed in system type.
If it is 64bit OS and x64 based processor, go to Step A
If it is 32bit OS and x86 based processor, go to Step B
- Go here and it will be downloaded.
- NOTE: If this does not work, go to [https://www.mongodb.com/download-center#community] -> select "Community Server", -> select "yourOperatingSystem" -> "download .msi"
- Go here and it will be downloaded.
- NOTE: If this does not work, go to [http://downloads.mongodb.org/win32/mongodb-win32-i386-v3.2-latest-signed.msi?_ga=2.41016992.361794817.1530858094-91234175.1530858094] -> select "win32/mongodb-win32-i386-v3.2-latest-signed.msi"
Install mongoDB by double-clicking on the software you just downloaded, and follow the instructions.
NOTE: Remember to CHECK "INSTALL mongoDB Compass" at the last page of the installation in order to get a GUI to handle the input data.
- Navigate to the folder where you installed mongoDB. Then move to the
bin
directory. (see below)
It will be somewhere like:
C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin
- Copy this path, and use it as follows.
- Go to
Control Panel\System and Security\System
and click onAdvanced System Settings
in the left panel. - Click on
Environment Variables
- Find the variable
Path
in both the frames. Then, for both the Path variables:- Click on
Path
- Click
Edit
just below that frame - Go to the end of the
Variable Value
- Paste the path after the semicolon (
;
). If there is no semi-colon in the end, insert one yourself before pasting. - Open a new Command Prompt and type
path
(IMPORTANT: type onlypath
with no spaces, otherwise you'll be in trouble) and hit Enter on your keyboard. - Check that the path
C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin
is somewhere inside that output or not. - If YES, continue. If NO, post a messege here
- Click on
-
Go to this link
-
If this DOES NOT work, then manually go to the following link:
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.0/python-3.7.0.exe -
After the download completes, proceed for installation:
- double-click the .exe executable file that you downloaded
- Follow the installation guide (use default installation if you are a beginner)
-
Remember to CHECK the option "Add python to PATH"
- done
-
Open a new Command Prompt and type
path
(IMPORTANT: type onlypath
with no spaces, otherwise you'll be in trouble) and hit Enter on your keyboard. -
Check that the path
C:\Users\<<YOUR_USER_NAME>>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32
is somewhere inside that output or not. -
- If YES, continue. If No, then try to follow the same procedure to add
C:\Users\<<YOUR_USER_NAME>>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32
to the path. Follow the same steps as you did with mongoDB.
- If YES, continue. If No, then try to follow the same procedure to add
-
Check again that the path
C:\Users\<<YOUR_USER_NAME>>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32
is somewhere inside that output or not. -
If YES, continue. If NO, post a messege here
- Pick a nickname.
- Tick the "I am not a robot" checkbox.
- Connect.