1. Compilation and Installation
===============================
+ a. Build Requirements
+ ---------------------
+
+ To build Mono, you will need the following components:
+
+ * pkg-config
+
+ Available from: http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/pkgconfig
+
+ * glib 2.0
+
+ Available from: http://www.gtk.org/
+
+ Optional dependencies:
+
+ * ICU library
+
+ http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/index.html
+
+ You will need this one to get complete support for the international
+ features of the .NET Framework.
+
+ * Cairo and libgdiplus
+
+ If you want to get support for System.Drawing, you will need to get
+ both Libgdiplus and Cairo.
+
+ b. Building the Software
+ ------------------------
+
If you obtained this package as an officially released tarball,
this is very simple, use configure and make:
make
make install
+ Mono supports a JIT engine on x86, SPARC and PowerPC systems.
+ The various commands that ship with Mono default to the JIT engine
+ on x86 and SPARC, to turn it on for PPC systems, use the --with-jit=yes
+ command line option to configure.
+
+ MacOS X Users: you will need to download the latest Boehm GC
+ Alpha release for garbage collection to work properly.
+
If you obtained this as a snapshot, you will need an existing
- Mono installation. To upgrade your installation do:
+ Mono installation. To upgrade your installation, unpack both
+ mono and mcs:
+
+ tar xzf mcs-XXXX.tar.gz
+ tar xzf mono-XXXX.tar.gz
+ mv mono-XXX mono
+ mv mcs-XXX mcs
+ cd mono
+ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
+ make bootstrap
+
+ c. Upgrade from CVS
+ -------------------
+
+ If you are upgrading from CVS you will need an existing Mono installation.
+ First verify that you have a working installation:
+
+ echo 'class X { static void Main () { System.Console.Write("OK");}}' > x.cs
+
+ Compile:
+
+ mcs x.cs
+
+ And run:
+ mono x.exe
+
+ If you get the output `OK' and no errors, you are ready to start your CVS upgrade.
+
+ First, make sure that you have up-to-date mcs and mono sources:
+
+ cvs co mono mcs
+
+ Then, go into the mono directory, and configure:
+
+ cd mono
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
- make fullbuild
+
+ Then compile using the special target `bootstrap':
+
+ make bootstrap
+
+ You can now install it:
+
+ make install
+
+ This step will compile and install at the same time.
+
+ Failure to follow these steps will result in a broken installation.
+
2. Using Mono
=============
====================
doc/
- Contains documentation and the web site contents.
+ Contains the web site contents.
+
+ docs/
+ Technical documents about the Mono runtime.
+
+ data/
+ Configuration files installed as part of the Mono runtime.
mono/
The core of the Mono Runtime.
arch/
Architecture specific portions.
+ man/
+
+ Manual pages for the various Mono commands and programs.
+
+ scripts/
+
+ Scripts used to invoke Mono and the corresponding program.
+
+ runtime/
+
+ A directory holding a pre-compiled version of the Mono
+ runtime.
+
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