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 refer 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 a computer
14 running Windows with the <strong>GNU make tools</strong> from the
15 <strong>Cygwin</strong> environment, <strong>Microsoft's .NET Framework
16 SDK</strong>, <strong>GLIB 1.3</strong> and
17 <strong>pkg-config</strong>.
22 Stay up to date on the Mono team's development using the
23 <a href="http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-cvs-list">
24 mono-cvs-list</a> mailing list.
29 New packaged versions of the Mono C# compiler and Mono runtime
30 are now available. The latest version is 0.9.
33 * <a href="archive/mono-0.9">Mono 0.9 release notes</a>
35 * <a href="archive/mcs-0.9.tar.gz">mcs-0.9.tar.gz</a>
37 * <a href="archive/mono-0.9.tar.gz">mono-0.9.tar.gz</a>
42 For up to date sources, it is recommended that you use the Mono
43 source code from either the
44 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/snapshots">nightly snapshots</a> or
45 the <a href="anoncvs.html">Anonymous CVS</a>. The nightly
46 snapshots are done every night at 10pm EST (Boston Time).
48 The nightly snapshots are not guaranteed to build, but most of the
49 time they should. They should give you a window to see what we are
52 You can download the GNU make tools and the Cygwin environment from
53 <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">www.cygwin.com</a>.
55 You can download Microsoft's .NET Framework SDK from
56 <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads">
57 msdn.microsoft.com/downloads</a>.
59 There are scripts to help build mono for both Unix and Windows. Get
60 <a href="mono-build.sh">mono-build.sh</a> for Unix, or <a
61 href="mono-build-w32.sh">mono-build-w32.sh</a> for Windows.
62 These scripts automate the installation of GLIB and pkgconfig
63 (building from source on Unix, and using binary packages
64 provided by the GIMP for Windows project on Windows.) To use
65 the script, follow these simple steps:
68 * Save the script for your platform somewhere (e.g. /usr/local/bin)
69 * Make the script executable (i.e chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mono-build.sh)
70 * Create a directory to hold the mono source, and the compiled binaries (e.g. mkdir ~/mono)
71 * Change to the new directory (i.e. cd ~/mono)
72 * run the script (i.e. /usr/local/bin/mono-build.sh)
75 The script requires wget on either platform, and building the
76 software requires make, gcc, automake, autoconf, and libtool.
77 You should install these packages from your distribution or
78 with the cygwin installer.
80 The script will download required packages from
81 www.go-mono.com and do a cvs checkout of mono in the current
82 directory. The cvs server chosen defaults to anonymous cvs;
83 set your CVSROOT environment variable before running the script to
84 select a particular cvs server.
87 ** Building the software manually
89 *** Download the required software.
93 * Microsoft's .NET Framework SDK from
94 <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads">
95 msdn.microsoft.com/downloads</a>.
97 * Cygwin and the GNU Make tools from
98 <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">www.cygwin.com</a>.
99 Some people observed problems with autoconf 2.52. Installing
100 autoconf 2.13 helped in those cases.
102 * Precompiled GLIB 1.3 and pkg-config packages (and
103 their dependencies) by the <a href="http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32//index.html">GIMP for Windows</a> project from
104 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/archive/pkgconfig-0.80-tml-20020101.zip">http://www.go-mono.com/archive/pkgconfig-0.80-tml-20020101.zip</a>
105 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/archive/glib-1.3.12-20020101.zip">http://www.go-mono.com/archive/glib-1.3.12-20020101.zip</a>
106 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/archive/glib-dev-1.3.12-20020101.zip">http://www.go-mono.com/archive/glib-dev-1.3.12-20020101.zip</a>
107 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/archive/libiconv-1.7.zip">http://www.go-mono.com/archive/libiconv-1.7.zip</a>
108 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/archive/libiconv-dev-1.7.zip">http://www.go-mono.com/archive/libiconv-dev-1.7-20020101.zip</a>
109 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/archive/libintl-0.10.40-20020101.zip">http://www.go-mono.com/archive/libintl-0.10.40-20020101.zip</a>
111 * Download the Mono source code from the
112 <a href="#feb-11">packaged versions</a> or
113 the <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/snapshots">
114 nightly snapshots</a> or the <a href="anoncvs.html">
115 Anonymous CVS</a>. The nightly snapshots are done every
116 night at 10pm EST (Boston Time). The nightly snapshots are
117 not guaranteed to build, but most of the time they should.
123 *** Install Cygwin and the GNU build tools, Microsoft's .NET Framework SDK and the precompiled GLIB 1.3 and pkg-config libraries.
127 * Install <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">Cygwin</a>.
129 * Install <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads">
130 Microsoft .NET Framework SDK</a>.
132 * Change to the <strong>/usr/local</strong> directory
133 of your Cygwin installation.<br>
134 Unzip the precompiled packages listed above.
138 *** On Windows, to install and work on the compiler and the class libraries:
142 * If you downloaded the Mono
143 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/snapshots">nightly snapshot
144 </a>, untar the snapshot.
146 * Change directories to <strong>"mcs"</strong>.
151 <strong>make windows</strong>
156 *** On Windows, to compile the mono runtime:
160 * If you downloaded the Mono
161 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/snapshots">nightly snapshot
162 </a>, untar the snapshot.
164 * Change directories to <strong>"mono"</strong>.
166 * Configure, compile and install:
169 ./configure --prefix=c:/mono
176 *** On Unix, to compile the mono runtime:
180 * Install <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkg-config">pkg-config</a>.
182 * Install glib 1.3. You can download it
183 from <a href="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/glib-1.3.12.tar.gz">ftp.gtk.org</a>. Maybe you need
184 to modify your ACLOCAL_FLAGS for pkg-config, for example if
185 your install prefix is /usr/local:
187 <strong>export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /usr/local/share/aclocal"</strong>
190 * If you downloaded the Mono
191 <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/snapshots">nightly snapshots
192 </a>, untar the snapshot.
194 * Change directories to <strong>"mono"</strong>.
196 * Configure, compile and install:
200 make install</strong>
204 *** Notes on compiling GLIB 1.3 and pkg-config from source:
209 * Some people observed problems with autoconf 2.52. Installing
210 autoconf 2.13 helped in those cases (don't forget to do a
211 `make maintainer-clean' after the update).
213 * Download, compile and install <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig">pkg-config</a> from source.
214 (I had to change line 674 of
215 <nobr><tt>pkg-config-0.8.0/glib-1.2.8/gstrfuncs.c</tt></nobr> from
216 <nobr><tt>extern char *strsignal (int sig);</tt></nobr> to
217 <nobr><tt>extern const char *strsignal (int sig);</tt></nobr>.
220 tar xzvf pkg-config-0.8.0.tar.gz
222 ./configure --prefix=/usr
224 make install</strong>
227 * Download, compile and install <a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.7.tar.gz">libiconv</a> from source.<br>
228 If you dont have MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 you can also try
229 the binary package available at <a
230 href="http://www.gimp.org/win32/libiconv-dev-20001007.zip">
231 http://www.gimp.org/win32/libiconv-dev-20001007.zip</a>.
234 * Download, compile and install the
235 <a href="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.3/glib-1.3.12.tar.gz">
236 glib 1.3</a> from source.
241 <a name="oldreleases">
243 *** Very old releases.
247 <b>February 11, 2002</b>
248 * <a href="archive/mcs-0.8.tar.gz">mcs-0.8.tar.gz</a>
250 * <a href="archive/mono-0.8.tar.gz">mono-0.8.tar.gz</a>
255 <b>September 18, 2001</b>
257 * <a href="archive/mono-0.7.tar.gz">mono-0.7.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.7 release.
258 * <a href="archive/mcs-0.7.tar.gz">mcs-0.7.tar.gz</a>: Mono Compiler and Classes 0.7 release.
259 * <a href="archive/mono-0.7">Release Notes.</a>
263 <b>August 22, 2001</b>
265 * <a href="archive/mono-0.6.tar.gz">mono-0.6.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.6 release.
266 * <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.
267 * <a href="archive/mono-0.6">Release Notes.</a>
274 * <a href="archive/mono-0.5.tar.gz">mono-0.5.tar.gz</a>: Mono Runtime 0.5 release.
275 * <a href="archive/mono-0.5">Release Notes.</a>
282 * <a href="archive/mcs-22-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-22-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
283 * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-22-Jul-19-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 19</a>: CVS snapshot.
284 * <a href="archive/mcs-22">Release Notes.</a>
288 <b>July 19th, 2001</b>
290 * <a href="archive/mcs-19-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-19-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
291 * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-17-Jul-19-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 17</a>: CVS snapshot.
292 * <a href="archive/mcs-19">Release Notes.</a>
296 <b>July 17th, 2001</b>
298 * <a href="archive/mcs-17-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-17-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
299 * <a href="archive/mcs-Jul-15-Jul-17-2001.tar.gz">Differences since 15</a>: CVS snapshot.
300 * <a href="archive/mcs-17">Release Notes.</a>
304 <b>July 15th, 2001</b>
306 * <a href="archive/mcs-15-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-15-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
307 * <a href="archive/mono-0.4.tar.gz">mono-0.4.tar.gz</a>: Packaged Source Code.
308 * <a href="archive/mono-0.4">Release Notes.</a>
312 <b>July 14th, 2001</b>
314 * <a href="archive/mcs-12-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-12-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS snapshot.
315 * <a href="archive/mono-0.3.tar.gz">mono-0.3.tar.gz</a>: Packaged Source Code.
319 <b>July 8th, 2001</b>
322 * <a href="archive/mcs-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mcs-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS Snapshot
323 * <a href="archive/mono-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz">mono-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz</a>: CVS Snapshot