1 * Software Availability
3 The Virtual Execution System is available in package `mono'.
4 Currently this contains a metadata library and the
5 disassembler. Please reffer to our <a
6 href="runtime.html">Runtime</a> description for more details
7 on this part of the project.
9 The code for the C# compiler as well as the language error
10 test suite and the class library are in the `mcs' package, we
11 will move this later into `mono' itself.
13 In order to make mcs and the class libraries you will need the
14 GNU make tools. These may be obtained for the Windows
15 environment from <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">cygwin.com</a>.
17 You will also need to get GLIB, from: <a
18 href="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/glib-1.2.10.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/glib-1.2.10.tar.gz</a>
23 We provide both <a href="#packaged">packaged and tested</a>
24 tarballs (those are known to compile and pass `make
25 distcheck') as well as <a href="snapshots">daily snapshots</a> done
31 The daily snapshots are available <a
32 href="http://www.go-mono.com/snapshots">here</a>. These
33 snapshots are done every day at 10pm EST (Boston Time).
35 They are not guaranteed to build, but most of the time they
36 should. They should give you a window to see what we are up to.
38 You might also want to track our development using the <a
39 href="http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-cvs-list">mono-cvs-list</a>
43 *** Released and tested packages
47 <b>September 18, 2001</b>
49 * <a href="archive/mono-0.7.tar.gz">mono-0.7.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.7 release.
50 * <a href="archive/mcs-0.7.tar.gz">mcs-0.7.tar.gz</a>: Mono Compiler and Classes 0.7 release.
51 * <a href="archive/mono-0.7">Release Notes.</a>
55 <b>August 22, 2001</b>
57 * <a href="archive/mono-0.6.tar.gz">mono-0.6.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.6 release.
58 * <a href="archive/mono-compiler-classes-0.6.tar.gz">mono-compiler-classes-0.6.tar.gz</a>: Mono Compiler and Classes 0.6 release.
59 * <a href="archive/mono-0.6">Release Notes.</a>
66 * <a href="archive/mono-0.5.tar.gz">mono-0.5.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.5 release.
67 * <a href="archive/mono-0.5">Release Notes.</a>
74 * <a href="archive/mcs-22-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-22-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
75 * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-22-Jul-19-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 19</a>: CVS snapshot.
76 * <a href="archive/mcs-22">Release Notes.</a>
80 <b>July 19th, 2001</b>
82 * <a href="archive/mcs-19-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-19-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
83 * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-17-Jul-19-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 17</a>: CVS snapshot.
84 * <a href="archive/mcs-19">Release Notes.</a>
88 <b>July 17th, 2001</b>
90 * <a href="archive/mcs-17-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-17-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
91 * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-15-Jul-17-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 15</a>: CVS snapshot.
92 * <a href="archive/mcs-17">Release Notes.</a>
96 <b>July 15th, 2001</b>
98 * <a href="archive/mcs-15-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-15-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
99 * <a href="archive/mono-0.4.tar.gz">mono-0.4.tar.gz</a>: Packaged Source Code.
100 * <a href="archive/mono-0.4">Release Notes.</a>
104 <b>July 14th, 2001</b>
106 * <a href="archive/mcs-12-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-12-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
107 * <a href="archive/mono-0.3.tar.gz">mono-0.3.tar.gz</a>: Packaged Source Code.
111 <b>July 8th, 2001</b>
114 * <a href="archive/mcs-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS Snapshot
115 * <a href="archive/mono-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mono-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS Snapshot
120 ** Installing the software
122 To install and work on the compiler and the class libraries,
123 follow these instructions:
126 * Install <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">CygWin</a> first.
128 * Untar the MCS distribution (see below for information).
130 * Go into the MCS directory and type `make windows'
133 To compile the mono runtime on windows:
136 * Warning: We switched over to glib2.0, and we are still searching
137 for a volunteer who is able to provide us with binary packages
138 of glib2.0, pkgconfig and iconv. I was unable to compile
139 glib2.0 myself, so the following is only a rough outline how it
142 * Install <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">CygWin</a> first.
144 * Install <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig">pkgconfig</a>.
145 (I had to change line 674 of
146 <nobr><tt>pkgconfig-0.8.0/glib-1.2.8/gstrfuncs.c</nobr> from
147 <nobr><tt>extern char *strsignal (int sig);</nobr> to
148 <nobr><tt>extern const char *strsignal (int sig);</nobr>.
150 tar xzvf pkgconfig-0.8.0.tar.gz
152 ./configure --prefix=/usr
157 * Install <a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.7.tar.gz">libiconv</a>.
158 If you dont have MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 you can also try
159 the binary package available at <a
160 href="http://www.gimp.org/win32/libiconv-dev-20001007.zip">here</a>.
162 * Install the newest glib (cvs head version). You can download it
163 from <a href="glib-1.3.11.tar.gz">here</a>.
165 * Unpack the mono distribution:
168 tar xzvf mono-XXX.tar.gz
171 * Configure, compile and install:
174 ./configure --prefix=//c/mono
179 * Some people observed problems with autoconf 2.52. Installing
180 autoconf 2.13 helped in those cases (don't forget to do a
181 `make maintainer-clean' after the update)
185 To compile the mono runtime on Unix:
189 * Install <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig">pkgconfig</a>.
191 * Install newest glib (cvs head version). You can download it
192 from <a href="glib-1.3.11.tar.gz">here</a>. Maybe you need
193 to modify your ACLOCAL_FLAGS for pkgconfig, for example if
194 your install prefix is /usr/local:
196 export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /usr/local/share/aclocal"
199 * Download the mono distribution
201 * Unpack the mono distribution:
204 tar xzvf mono-XXX.tar.gz
207 * Configure, compile and install: