yum remove and install mongodb-org is a huge work

[tashrifbillah]

https://www.tecmint.com/remove-package-with-dependencies-using-yum/

/var/lib/mongo
/var/log/mongodb

won't be auto created unless dependencies are installed:

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package                                Arch         Version                Repository             Size
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Installing:
 mongodb-org                            x86_64       4.4.8-1.el7            mongodb-org-4.4       6.2 k
Installing for dependencies:
 cyrus-sasl                             x86_64       2.1.26-23.el7          base                   88 k
 mongodb-database-tools                 x86_64       100.5.0-1              mongodb-org-4.4        47 M
 mongodb-org-database-tools-extra       x86_64       4.4.8-1.el7            mongodb-org-4.4        19 k
 mongodb-org-mongos                     x86_64       4.4.8-1.el7            mongodb-org-4.4        17 M
 mongodb-org-server                     x86_64       4.4.8-1.el7            mongodb-org-4.4        22 M
 mongodb-org-shell                      x86_64       4.4.8-1.el7            mongodb-org-4.4        14 M
 mongodb-org-tools                      x86_64       4.4.8-1.el7            mongodb-org-4.4       6.1 k

Transaction Summary
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Install  1 Package (+7 Dependent packages)

[tashrifbillah]

Don't ever remove /var/lib/mongo/ manually.