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 and <a
18 href="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig">pkgconfig</a>.
19 You can get Glib 1.3 from: <a
20 href="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/glib-1.3.12.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/glib-1.3.12.tar.gz</a>.
25 We provide both <a href="#packaged">packaged and tested</a>
26 tarballs (those are known to compile and pass `make
27 distcheck') as well as <a href="snapshots">daily snapshots</a> done
33 The daily snapshots are available <a
34 href="http://www.go-mono.com/snapshots">here</a>. These
35 snapshots are done every day at 10pm EST (Boston Time).
37 They are not guaranteed to build, but most of the time they
38 should. They should give you a window to see what we are up to.
40 You might also want to track our development using the <a
41 href="http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-cvs-list">mono-cvs-list</a>
46 At this point, you should look into using one of the <a
47 href="snapshots">nightly snapshots</a> or getting the
48 sources from <a href="anoncvs.html">Anonymous CVS</a>
49 as significant work has gone into Mono since our last stable
52 We will be making a packaged release sometime in January.
56 ** Installing the software
58 To install and work on the compiler and the class libraries,
59 follow these instructions:
62 * Install <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">CygWin</a> first.
64 * Untar the MCS distribution (see below for information).
66 * Go into the MCS directory and type `make windows'
69 To compile the mono runtime on windows:
72 * Install <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">CygWin</a> first.
74 * Install in /usr/local in your Cygwin world the following
75 packages (compiled by <a href="mailto:alex@ximian.com">Alex Graveley</a>):
77 <li><a href="http://primates.ximian.com/~alex/glib-1.3.12-win32-native.zip">
78 http://primates.ximian.com/~alex/glib-1.3.12-win32-native.zip</a>
80 <li><a href="http://primates.ximian.com/~alex/pkg-config-0.8-cygwin.zip">
81 http://primates.ximian.com/~alex/pkg-config-0.8-cygwin.zip</a>
84 These already contain libiconv linked statically.
88 If you want to compile things yourself you will need to compile and install:
92 * Install <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig">pkgconfig</a>.
93 (I had to change line 674 of
94 <nobr><tt>pkgconfig-0.8.0/glib-1.2.8/gstrfuncs.c</tt></nobr> from
95 <nobr><tt>extern char *strsignal (int sig);</tt></nobr> to
96 <nobr><tt>extern const char *strsignal (int sig);</tt></nobr>.
99 tar xzvf pkgconfig-0.8.0.tar.gz
101 ./configure --prefix=/usr
106 * Install <a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.7.tar.gz">libiconv</a>.
107 If you dont have MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 you can also try
108 the binary package available at <a
109 href="http://www.gimp.org/win32/libiconv-dev-20001007.zip">here</a>.
111 * Install the newest glib (1.3 version). You can download it
112 from <a href="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/glib-1.3.12.tar.gz">here</a>.
114 * Unpack the mono distribution:
117 tar xzvf mono-XXX.tar.gz
120 * Configure, compile and install:
123 ./configure --prefix=//c/mono
128 * Some people observed problems with autoconf 2.52. Installing
129 autoconf 2.13 helped in those cases (don't forget to do a
130 `make maintainer-clean' after the update)
134 To compile the mono runtime on Unix:
138 * Install <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig">pkgconfig</a>.
140 * Install newest glib (cvs head version). You can download it
141 from <a href="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/glib-1.3.12.tar.gz">here</a>. Maybe you need
142 to modify your ACLOCAL_FLAGS for pkgconfig, for example if
143 your install prefix is /usr/local:
145 export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /usr/local/share/aclocal"
148 * Download the mono distribution
150 * Unpack the mono distribution:
153 tar xzvf mono-XXX.tar.gz
156 * Configure, compile and install:
166 <a name="oldreleases">
171 <b>September 18, 2001</b>
173 * <a href="archive/mono-0.7.tar.gz">mono-0.7.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.7 release.
174 * <a href="archive/mcs-0.7.tar.gz">mcs-0.7.tar.gz</a>: Mono Compiler and Classes 0.7 release.
175 * <a href="archive/mono-0.7">Release Notes.</a>
179 <b>August 22, 2001</b>
181 * <a href="archive/mono-0.6.tar.gz">mono-0.6.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.6 release.
182 * <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.
183 * <a href="archive/mono-0.6">Release Notes.</a>
190 * <a href="archive/mono-0.5.tar.gz">mono-0.5.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.5 release.
191 * <a href="archive/mono-0.5">Release Notes.</a>
198 * <a href="archive/mcs-22-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-22-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
199 * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-22-Jul-19-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 19</a>: CVS snapshot.
200 * <a href="archive/mcs-22">Release Notes.</a>
204 <b>July 19th, 2001</b>
206 * <a href="archive/mcs-19-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-19-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
207 * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-17-Jul-19-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 17</a>: CVS snapshot.
208 * <a href="archive/mcs-19">Release Notes.</a>
212 <b>July 17th, 2001</b>
214 * <a href="archive/mcs-17-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-17-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
215 * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-15-Jul-17-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 15</a>: CVS snapshot.
216 * <a href="archive/mcs-17">Release Notes.</a>
220 <b>July 15th, 2001</b>
222 * <a href="archive/mcs-15-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-15-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
223 * <a href="archive/mono-0.4.tar.gz">mono-0.4.tar.gz</a>: Packaged Source Code.
224 * <a href="archive/mono-0.4">Release Notes.</a>
228 <b>July 14th, 2001</b>
230 * <a href="archive/mcs-12-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-12-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
231 * <a href="archive/mono-0.3.tar.gz">mono-0.3.tar.gz</a>: Packaged Source Code.
235 <b>July 8th, 2001</b>
238 * <a href="archive/mcs-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS Snapshot
239 * <a href="archive/mono-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mono-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS Snapshot