* Software Availability
The Virtual Execution System is available in package `mono'.
Currently this contains a metadata library and the
disassembler. Please reffer to our Runtime description for more details
on this part of the project.
The code for the C# compiler as well as the language error
test suite and the class library are in the `mcs' package, we
will move this later into `mono' itself.
In order to make mcs and the class libraries you will need the
GNU make tools. These may be obtained for the Windows
environment from cygwin.com.
You will also need to get GLIB, from: ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/glib-1.2.10.tar.gz
** Sources
We provide both packaged and tested
tarballs (those are known to compile and pass `make
distcheck') as well as daily snapshots done
at 10pm Boston Time
*** Snapshots
The daily snapshots are available here. These
snapshots are done every day at 10pm EST (Boston Time).
They are not guaranteed to build, but most of the time they
should. They should give you a window to see what we are up to.
You might also want to track our development using the mono-cvs-list
mailing list.
*** Released and tested packages
September 18, 2001
** Installing the software
To install and work on the compiler and the class libraries,
follow these instructions:
* mono-0.7.tar.gz: Mono Runtime 0.7 release.
* mcs-0.7.tar.gz: Mono Compiler and Classes 0.7 release.
* Release Notes.
August 22, 2001
* mono-0.6.tar.gz: Mono Runtime 0.6 release.
* mono-compiler-classes-0.6.tar.gz: Mono Compiler and Classes 0.6 release.
* Release Notes.
July 29, 2001
* mono-0.5.tar.gz: Mono Runtime 0.5 release.
* Release Notes.
July 22, 2001
* mcs-22-Jul-2001.tar.gz: CVS snapshot.
* Differences since 19: CVS snapshot.
* Release Notes.
July 19th, 2001
* mcs-19-Jul-2001.tar.gz: CVS snapshot.
* Differences since 17: CVS snapshot.
* Release Notes.
July 17th, 2001
* mcs-17-Jul-2001.tar.gz: CVS snapshot.
* Differences since 15: CVS snapshot.
* Release Notes.
July 15th, 2001
* mcs-15-Jul-2001.tar.gz: CVS snapshot.
* mono-0.4.tar.gz: Packaged Source Code.
* Release Notes.
July 14th, 2001
* mcs-12-Jul-2001.tar.gz: CVS snapshot.
* mono-0.3.tar.gz: Packaged Source Code.
July 8th, 2001
* mcs-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz: CVS Snapshot
* mono-08-Jul-2001.tar.gz: CVS Snapshot
* Install CygWin first.
* Untar the MCS distribution (see below for information).
* Go into the MCS directory and type `make windows'
To compile the mono runtime on windows:
* Install CygWin first.
* Once installed, in a terminal window or a cygwin
window (a shortcut should be on your desktop), untar the glib
distribution:
tar xzvf glib-1.2.10.tar.gz
* Configure, compile and install glib, like this:
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install
* You also need a patch found here.
* Unpack the mono distribution:
tar xzvf mono-XXX.tar.gz* Configure, compile and install:
./configure --prefix=//c/mono make make install* Some people observed problems with autoconf 2.52. Installing autoconf 2.13 helped in those cases (don't forget to do a `make maintainer-clean' after the update) To compile the mono runtime on Unix:
tar xzvf mono-XXX.tar.gz* Configure, compile and install:
./configure make make install