This post describes the installation and upgrade procedures on Ubuntu 10.04 Installation with pip ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo pip install pymongo [sudo] password for ubuntu: Downloading/unpacking pymongo Downloading pymongo-2.2.1.tar.gz (230Kb): 230Kb downloaded Running setup.py egg_info for package pymongo Installing collected packages: pymongo Running setup.py install for pymongo building 'bson._cbson' extension gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 … Continue reading Pymongo: Python Driver for MongoDB