How to install mongodb-clients latest version on Ubuntu?

Question

How do I install latest version of mongodb-clients on Ubuntu using apt-get?

apt-get install mongodb-clients only installs version

Answer 1

One could install a mongodb shell on Ubuntu 18.04 by following these instructions or by using an Ansible like .

At the time of writing, this ansible role installed version 4.2.5 of the mongo shell:

user@some-host:~/some-dir$ mongo --version
MongoDB shell version v4.2.5
git version: x
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL y
allocator: z
modules: none
build environment:
    distmod: ubuntu1804
    distarch: x86_64
    target_arch: x86_64