can you add installing shell to the tool

[sfn101]

I believe the tool would greatly benefit from having the ability to install a shell directly.

[aheckmann]

I've got a PR ready @sfn101 . Please use this to try installing the shell, managing your versions, and then let me know how it goes.

    m mongosh stable             Install or activate the latest stable MongoDB Shell release
    m mongosh X.Y.Z              Install or activate the MongoDB Shell X.Y.Z
    m mongosh ls                 Output the versions of the MongoDB Shell available
    m mongosh rm <version ...>   Remove the given MongoDB Shell versions
    m mongosh installed [--json] Output the installed versions of the MongoDB Shell

#161

[sfn101]

It doesn't seem it's working.
i am on WSL Ubuntu.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble

m -V
1.9.8

[sfn101]

By the way, m latest didn't say MongoDB 8.2.2 doesn't exist for Linux x64, and m stable installed MongoDB version 8.0.15, even though version 8.2.1 is available. I would assume that it will install the latest available version, in this case 8.2.1

[aheckmann]

It doesn't seem it's working.
i am on WSL Ubuntu.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble

m -V
1.9.8

Are you running the code from the linked PR? #161

[aheckmann]

By the way, m latest didn't say MongoDB 8.2.2 doesn't exist for Linux x64, and m stable installed MongoDB version 8.0.15, even though version 8.2.1 is available. I would assume that it will install the latest available version, in this case 8.2.1

I noticed that about 8.2.2 as well. Haven't looked into it yet but it's possible MongoDB has changed how they handle releases which could break this project. I'll look into it more soon. Let me know if you figure it out first.

[sfn101]

Are you running the code from the linked PR? #161

sorry i dont know how to do this Can you explain it i use npm install -g m

[aheckmann]

sorry i dont know how to do this Can you explain it i use npm install -g m

git clone --branch copilot/add-installing-shell-to-tool --single-branch https://github.com/aheckmann/m.git
cd m
./bin/m mongosh ls

[sfn101]

It totally works! This is going to make it way more useful for developers when they're testing or learning. Thanks a bunch for getting back to me so fast!

[aheckmann]

Great to hear. I just released 1.10 with this feature. Let me know if you run into other issues.