Install Mono 2.10.2 and MonoDevelop 2.6 Beta 3 on Ubuntu With a Bash Script

After @migueldeicaza announced MonoDevelop Beta 3 a few days ago, I updated my scripts to install the new version. I’ve also included an upgrade script for those of you who used my Beta 2 script. The upgrade will uninstall the three Beta 2 projects and then download, compile and install the three new ones. I’ve only tested this so far on Ubuntu Natty (11.04), so let me know here if you have any problems with other versions.

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Install MonoDevelop 2.4.2 or 2.6 Beta on Ubuntu & Fedora

Alright!  You asked for it, so here it is!  Here’s a bash script that will download, compile and install MonoDevelop. I can’t say it’s a perfect solution, but it does work and it’s relatively clean. The main difference between this install and platform packages is that it will install to a prefix using the parallel environment recommendations. So launching it requires a little environment setup, which the script will provide for you. Otherwise, it should work just the same.

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Mono 2.8.2 Script Updated for Ubuntu and Fedora

I just committed the script for 2.8.2. This was literally a text replacement of 2.8.1. However, this one seems to work with asp.net membership out of the box; so that’s good. Anyways you can find these scripts at github.com or use the bash sequence below.

I ran through these scripts on Ubuntu 10.10 and Fedora 14 fresh installs.  I would discourage setting your default environment path to use this version and stick to using it just for Asp.Net. You can set the MonoPath in your Apache virtual host config to use this one specifically.  It will install to /opt/mono-2.8.2

Comment if you have any questions or problems.

Ubuntu

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/ubuntu/install_mono-2.8.2.sh
chmod 755 install_mono-2.8.2.sh
./install_mono-2.8.2.sh

Fedora

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/fedora/install_mono-2.8.2.sh
chmod 755 install_mono-2.8.2.sh
./install_mono-2.8.2.sh

Update 1/30/2011

Be sure and set the environment variables in the virtual host config to use the correct prefix. This script will install to /opt/mono-2.8.2;  So modify the MonoSetEnv line in your virtual host config: 

MonoSetEnv appName MONO_IOMAP=all;LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mono-2.8.2/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH;PATH=/opt/mono-2.8.2/bin:$PATH

MONO_IOMAP=all is optional; but on by default usually. The important part is to include the other two so mod_mono knows how to find this 2.8.2 install.  Likewise, if you're running console or GUI apps w/ this version; you'll need to set your local environment to use the modified LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH as well. See http://www.mono-project.com/Parallel_Mono_Environments for more info. 

Update 2/20/2011

Mono 2.10 has been released and I added a new install script.

Mono 2.8 Install Script for Ubuntu & Fedora

I updated both my scripts for Ubuntu and Fedora to download and install the latest 2.8 Mono release.  I’ve also been playing with GTK lately (specifically Pixbufs) and so this script now includes the install for GTK-Sharp. Anyway, you can find the updated scripts on my GitHub snippets project.  Both Fedora and Ubuntu install scripts should succesfully install mod_mono, Xsp, mono core, GTK, and GDIplus at a minimum.

If you have problems running your apps that use the gdi-plus, it could be resolved with a refresh of the DllMap.  Enter "sudo ldconfig"  and then try to re-run your app. Checkout http://www.mono-project.com/DllNotFoundException for more details.

2/20/2011 Update

Mono 2.10 has been released. I added a new install script here. 

1/27/2011 update

Mono 2.8.2 was released awhile back, which included some security fixes and enhancements. I have since posted an updated script along another blog post related to it here. 

10/26/2010 update

The script now installs to /opt/mono-2.8 instead of /usr/local in favor of the parallel mono environment suggestion. You may need to add /opt/mono-2.8/bin to your system PATH.

For Ubuntu, this is located in /etc/environment; insert /opt/mono-2.8/bin to the beginning of the path. Keep in mind, this will change the global PATH, so if your'e using a workstation, this may affect other applications that depend on Mono. Consider changing your profile PATH. (See comments for more details). 

For RH/Fedora, I updated the install script to also create an environment script at: /etc/profile.d to include this mono install to your system path.

Disclaimer: You should only try this script if your'e familiar with the process of compiling packages manually. I'm trying to make it work for MonoDevelop and other files, but it may not work with them in its current state.

Feel free to fork and make changes of your own to the script from GitHub. I'll gladly welcome pull requests containing improvements.

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Install Mono Daily Build Script for Fedora 13

A while back I added a Fedora 13 install script for Mono that downloads, builds, and installs the last tested daily build along with xsp and mod_mono.

I just recently updated it to use the Sept 1st, 2010 daily build. You can pull the latest script directly from my website or from my repository on github.

Script Usage

My test environment was a standard web server install from the Fedora 13 download DVD.  After the install, I started the same process I performed with the Ubuntu install, which was something like this:

mkdir mono
cd mono
wget http://www.integratedwebsystems.com/resources/p796/fedora_mono-trunk.sh
chmod 744 fed*.sh
./fedora_mono-trunk.sh

That’s it. It’ll first install all the required dependencies for the build and the web server. It’ll then download the 9/1 build (or latest tested version) from the daily tarball list and pull mod_mono and xsp from subversion trunk. Finally, it will extract, compile, and install everything.

The only thing remaining is to setup a web application and configure apache to use mod_mono. For this, I like to use the Mod Mono Config Tool as a starting point to build my virtual host configuration file.

Setup your web server:

1. Move the mod_mono.conf from /etc/httpd/conf to /etc/httpd/conf.d
2. Create a new directory to hold your virtual host config files at: /etc/httpd/sites-enabled
   
   mkdir /etc/httpd/sites-enabled
3. Copy your new virtual host config file to /etc/httpd/sites-enabled
4. Append a virtual host config line to your httpd.conf
   
   echo ”Include sites-enabled/*.*” >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
5. Disable Selinux by editing the /etc/selinux/config file and changing SELINUX=disabled
6. Reboot server
7. Start web server if it isn’t configured to auto-start. (use chkconfig to set auto-start)
   
   service httpd start

That should do it. You can test your new virtual host by browsing to it. The 404 response should show the new mod-mono version.

Good luck!