This script describes the steps that are needed to install mongocxx version 3.6 in a linux computer

install-mongocxx-linux.sh

#!/bin/bash

## Mongocxx depends on Mongoc. We first install that dependency

# 1. Install libmongoc with a Package Manager

sudo apt-get install libmongoc-1.0-0


# 2. Install libbson with a Package Manager
sudo apt-get install libbson-1.0-0

# 3. Build environment on Unix
 sudo apt-get install cmake libssl-dev libsasl2-dev

# 4. Prepare a build from source
## http://mongoc.org/libmongoc/current/installing.html#preparing-a-build-from-a-git-repository-clone
git clone https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver.git

cd mongo-c-driver

git fetch --tags # fetch all the tags

# get the latest tag or the tag that denotes the version you are interested in. 
latestTag=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)

echo "Latest tag is ${latestTag}"
git checkout $latestTag

python3 build/calc_release_version.py > VERSION_CURRENT
mkdir cmake-build
cd cmake-build
cmake -DENABLE_AUTOMATIC_INIT_AND_CLEANUP=OFF ..
cmake --build .
sudo cmake --build . --target install

# Generating the documentation
## Intall Phinix
sudo apt install python-pip
sudo -H pip install -U Sphinx

cmake -DENABLE_MAN_PAGES=ON -DENABLE_HTML_DOCS=ON ..
cmake --build . --target mongoc-doc
cmake --build . --target bson-doc

## Uninstall mongoc
# sudo /usr/local/share/mongo-c-driver/uninstall.sh

## Uninstall mongoc
# sudo /usr/local/share/mongo-c-driver/uninstall.sh

#### Installing mongcxx
# Download the latest version of the mongocxx driver. 
# Get version 3.6.0 [Latest release as of 27th Aug 2020] 

sudo curl -OL https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver/releases/download/r3.6.0/mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.0.tar.gz
cd mongo-cxx-driver-r3.6.0/build

# Configure the driver. For more options, see   http://mongocxx.org/mongocxx-v3/installation/#step-4-configure-the-driver
sudo cmake ..                                \
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release          \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local   \
    -DBUILD_SHARED_AND_STATIC_LIBS=ON   \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/mongo-cxx-driver


# Run the cmake and build
sudo cmake --build . --target EP_mnmlstc_core
sudo cmake --build . --target install