title: cant understand mondodb server installation steps
body: <p>i followed a lot of steps and finally am stuck here. am a rookie. pls help me understand the following lines :: (frm the page <a href="http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Building+for+Linux" rel="nofollow">http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Building+for+Linux</a>)</p>
  
  <h1>pick a stable version unless doing true dev</h1>
  
  <p>git tag -l</p>
  
  <h1>Switch to a stable branch (unless doing development) --</h1>
  
  <h1>an even second number indicates "stable". (Although with</h1>
  
  <h1>stharding you will want the latest if the latest is less</h1>
  
  <h1>than 1.6.0.) For example:</h1>
  
  <p>git checkout r1.4.1</p>
  
  <p>[COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SAID ABOVE]</p>
  
  <p>after this there are only two steps in the "build" process those are 'scons all' and  'scons --prefix=/opt/mongo install' </p>