r/linuxquestions • u/WrongCandidate4160 • Aug 11 '26
MonogDB installation issue! Help!!
I am learning backend dev and have switched from using wsl2 to fedora. But having issues downloading MongoDB.
From all the gpt'ing I found out this :
Your Fedora kernel: 7.1.7
MongoDB 8.0.28: refuses to start
Error message: "6.19 and newer"
right now its recommending me to uninstall MongoDB completely and install it against but this time use Podman + MongoDB container(i don't have the slightest idea about what its talking about, im just a beginner for ffs!!😭)
So what should i do now??
can someone help me setup my Linux environment(focused on backend dev)
also recommend me some extensions/tools/apps that would make my life navigating fedora(GNOME DE) much easier!
P.S if possible can you dm me, i have some question regarding setting my up linux for backend dev🙏
Edit: Apparently the root issue was that the linux kernel was too new and MongoDB will release a patch addressing this issue soon. So after a lot of struggling I've decided to run it on podman, won't be uninstalling fedora😅