mv mcs-XXX mcs
cd mono
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
- make bootstrap
+ make
+
+ c. Building the software from CVS
+ ---------------------------------
+
+ If you are building the software from CVS, make sure that you
+ have up-to-date mcs and mono sources:
+
+ svn co svn+ssh://USER@mono-cvs.ximian.com/source/trunk/mono
+ svn co svn+ssh://USER@mono-cvs.ximian.com/source/trunk/mcs
- c. Upgrade from CVS
- -------------------
+ Then, go into the mono directory, and configure:
+
+ cd mono
+ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
+
+ Depending on whether you have an existing Mono installation or
+ not, you can try the following:
+
+ i. If you have an existing Mono installation
+ -----------------------------------------
- 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
mono x.exe
- If you get the output `OK' and no errors, you are ready to start your CVS upgrade.
+ If you get the output `OK' and no errors, and you have mono
+ version 0.31 or later, continue. Otherwise, you can try option
+ (ii) below.
- First, make sure that you have up-to-date mcs and mono sources:
+ You are ready to start your CVS upgrade. Compile with
- cvs co mono mcs
+ make
- Then, go into the mono directory, and configure:
+ This will automatically go into the mcs/ tree and build the
+ binaries there, and copy them into the appropriate
+ sub-directories of mono/runtime/.
- cd mono
- ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
+ Now, go to step (iii) below.
+
+ ii. If you don't have a working Mono installation
+ ---------------------------------------------
- Then compile using the special target `bootstrap':
+ If you don't have a working Mono installation, an obvious choice
+ is to install the latest released packages of 'mono' for your
+ distribution and go back to step (i).
+
+ You can also try a slightly more risky approach that should work
+ almost all the time.
+
+ This works by first getting the latest version of the 'monolite'
+ distribution, which contains just enough to run the 'mcs'
+ compiler. You do this by
+
+ make get-monolite-latest
+
+ This should place a monolite-latest.tar.gz in the parent
+ directory of the 'mono' source tree. This will automatically
+ gunzip and untar the tarball, place the files appropriately,
+
+ You can then run:
+
+ make
+
+ iii. Testing and Installation
+ ------------------------
+
+ You can run the mono and mcs testsuites with the command:
+
+ make -k check
+
+ Expect to find several testsuite failures, especially in the
+ mcs/ tree. As a sanity check, you can compare the failures you
+ got with
+
+ http://go-mono.com/tests/displayTestResults.php
- 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
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