Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily create cross platform applications.
Mono is an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime.
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1. [Installation](#compilation-and-installation)
2. [Using Mono](#using-mono)
3. [Directory Roadmap](#directory-roadmap)
* libzlib - This library and the development headers are required for compression
file support in the 2.0 profile.
+ 4. Mono is required to build Mono. Use a system package or monolite (explained further below)
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+ 5. If you have a system Mono (not monolite), you will need to read this: http://mono-project.com/Parallel_Mono_Environments#Setting_up_a_Build_Environment
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b. Building the Software
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