I just updated the 2.10 script to use the latest 2.10.8 Mono install.

Install

mkdir mono-2.10
cd mono-2.10
wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/ubuntu/install_mono-2.10.sh
chmod 755 install_mono-2.10.sh
./install_mono-2.10.sh

Enjoy!

Update 12/30/2011 – Updated Mono 2.10.6 to 2.10.8

Update 10/16/2011 – Updated Mono 2.10.5 to 2.10.6

Update 8/31/2011 – Updated Mono 2.10.4 to 2.10.5

Update 8/11/2011 – Updated Mono 2.10.3 to 2.10.4 for minor update.

Steps to Install

1. Install Mono 2.10
2. Install MonoDevelop
3. Use the launcher script to run MonoDevelop.

Installing Mono

If you already have mono installed or are upgrading, skip this step. This will install the latest Mono 2.10.2 to the prefix directory /opt/mono-2.10.

NOTE: You can optionally change the PREFIX value in the beginning of the script to install to a different location.

Ubuntu

mkdir mono-2.10
cd mono-2.10
wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/ubuntu/install_mono-2.10.sh
chmod 755 install_mono-2.10.sh
./install_mono-2.10.sh

Fedora (< F15)

NOTE: Fedora 15 is packaged with Mono 2.10.2 and can be easily installed with YUM.
yum install mono xsp mono-devel

mkdir mono-2.10
cd mono-2.10
wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/fedora/install_mono-2.10.sh
chmod 755 install_mono-2.10.sh
su
./install_mono-2.10.sh

If all is well, enter:

/opt/mono-2.10/bin/mono -V

And you should get a display of Mono 2.10.2

Mono JIT compiler version 2.10.2 (tarball Mon May 23 14:23:52 CDT 2011)
Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Novell, Inc and Contributors. www.mono-project.com
        TLS:           __thread
        SIGSEGV:       altstack
        Notifications: epoll
        Architecture:  x86
        Disabled:      none
        Misc:          softdebug
        LLVM:          supported, not enabled.
        GC:            Included Boehm (with typed GC and Parallel Mark)

Installing MonoDevelop Beta 3

If you did not use my script for Beta 2, then you can easily install a new fresh copy of Beta 3.

NOTE: I’m still working on a script for Fedora 15 (or any system installed w/ Gnome 3) due to the newer dependencies.

Ubuntu

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/ubuntu/install_monodevelop-2.5.92.sh
chmod 755 install_monodevelop-2.5.92.sh
./install_monodevelop-2.5.92.sh

Fedora (<15)

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/fedora/install_monodevelop-2.5.92.sh
chmod 755 install_monodevelop-2.5.92.sh
su
./install_monodevelop-2.5.92.sh

Upgrade Beta 2 to Beta 3

Upgrade the existing version. Download this script to the same directory you installed Beta 2. It will uninstall the older version using the original install source that should still be there.

Ubuntu

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/ubuntu/upgrade-monodevelop-2.5.91-to-2.5.92.sh
chmod 755 upgrade-monodevelop-2.5.91-to-2.5.92.sh
./upgrade-monodevelop-2.5.91-to-2.5.92.sh

Fedora (<15)

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/fedora/upgrade-monodevelop-2.5.91-to-2.5.92.sh
chmod 755 upgrade-monodevelop-2.5.91-to-2.5.92.sh
su
./upgrade-monodevelop-2.5.91-to-2.5.92.sh

Enjoy!

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I just updated the bash install script for Mono 2.10. Thanks to @Marv for the Ubuntu script and heads up that 2.10 was released. This script is mainly intended for use with linux/apache web servers. It will install Mono, GTK, OpenGDI, XSP, and Mod_Mono. For Mono Develop, read through the Building Mono Develop page [mono-project.com], which will require a few additional packages not included in this script.

To install for Ubuntu:

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/ubuntu/install_mono-2.10.sh
chmod 755 install_mono-2.10.sh
./install_mono-2.10.sh

To install for Fedora:

yum install wget
wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/fedora/install_mono-2.10.sh
chmod 755 install_mono-2.10.sh
./install_mono-2.10.sh

Again, if setting up a web server, be sure to set the VirtualHost environment up correctly with PATH & LD_LIBRARY_PATH. (here, IOMAP is optional) See configuring virtual hosts. The following line should be included in your VirtualHost configuration.

MonoSetEnv site_name MONO_IOMAP=all;PATH=/opt/mono-2.10/bin:$PATH;LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mono-2.10/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH;

Update – March 15, 2011

I’m refactoring some stuff, so bare with me. Today I’m introducing a totally re-written script that will hopefully make it easier to adapt to updates in the future. So far, I’ve treated these bash scripts like I do Windows batch files. But I took some time and tried to learn a little more about writing bash scripts.  The new scripts will stop if any errors are encountered. This is good and bad.  Good because now you know something went wrong, and the errors are much easier to find. Bad (maybe) because now you know something might not have worked. Anyway, I hope the changes will help everyone.

I’ve changed all the prefixes to use the major/minor version. So 2.10.1, 2.10.2 etc, will use prefix /opt/mono-2.10. You’ll always have the option to change that if you wish to use a different prefix. There’s a single variable in the beginning of the script that sets the prefix.

Finally, there does seem to be a problem at the end of installing xsp. However, everything seems to go in okay.

Good luck!

UPDATE – March 8, 2011

Mono 2.10.1 was released Feb 25th. I updated the install script for 2.10 to use the Mono 2.10.1 package. (That was the only package updated in this version). I’ve also included an experimental upgrade script for 2.10 to 2.10.1 here. (fedora vs ubuntu use the same script). Download it to the same location of your script for 2.10 and run it.  It will uninstall just mono-2.10 and then download, compile, and re-install the new mono-2.10.1.

Enjoy!

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.

Ubuntu:

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/ubuntu/install_mono-2.8.1.sh

Fedora:

wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/fedora/install_mono-2.8.1.sh

After download:

chmod 755 install_mono-2.8.1.sh
./install_mono-2.8.1.sh

If you have previously installed Mono from source, you may want to uninstall it before deleting its source. Run sudo make uninstall from each component directory you previously installed.

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.

Ubuntu:

wget http://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/ubuntu/install_mono-2.8.sh

Fedora:

wget http://github.com/nathanb/iws-snippets/raw/master/mono-install-scripts/fedora/install_mono-2.8.sh

After download:

chmod 755 install_mono-2.8.sh
./install_mono-2.8.sh

If you have previously installed Mono from source, you may want to uninstall it before deleting its source. Run sudo make uninstall from each component directory you previously installed.

Just for kicks, here is a snapshot of the full Ubuntu script (Fedora is nearly identical with corresponding  yum package names).

#!/bin/bash

TOPDIR=$(pwd)
BUILDDIR=$TOPDIR/build
DLDDIR=$TOPDIR/downloads

export PATH=/opt/mono-2.8/bin:$PATH

echo "updating existing system"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y

echo "installing prerequisites"
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libc6-dev g++ gcc libglib2.0-dev pkg-config subversion apache2 apache2-threaded-dev bison gettext autoconf automake libtool libpango1.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libtiff4-dev libgif-dev libglade2-dev

mkdir -p $BUILDDIR

echo
echo "downloading mono packages"
echo

cd $BUILDDIR

wget http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/sources/xsp/xsp-2.8.tar.bz2
wget http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/sources/mod_mono/mod_mono-2.8.tar.bz2
wget http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/sources/mono/mono-2.8.tar.bz2
wget http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/sources/libgdiplus/libgdiplus-2.8.tar.bz2
wget http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/sources/gtk-sharp212/gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2

cd $BUILDDIR
bunzip2 -df xsp-2.8.tar.bz2
tar -xvf xsp-2.8.tar

bunzip2 -df mod_mono-2.8.tar.bz2
tar -xvf mod_mono-2.8.tar

bunzip2 -df mono-2.8.tar.bz2
tar -xvf mono-2.8.tar

bunzip2 -df libgdiplus-2.8.tar.bz2
tar -xvf libgdiplus-2.8.tar

bunzip2 -df gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar.bz2
tar -xvf gtk-sharp-2.12.10.tar

echo
echo "building and installing mono packages"
echo

cd $BUILDDIR
cd libgdiplus-2.8
./configure --prefix=/opt/mono-2.8
make
sudo make install

cd $BUILDDIR
cd mono-2.8
./configure --prefix=/opt/mono-2.8
make
sudo make install

cd $BUILDDIR
cd gtk-sharp-2.12.10
./configure --prefix=/opt/mono-2.8
make
sudo make install

cd $BUILDDIR
cd xsp-2.8
./configure --prefix=/opt/mono-2.8
make
sudo make install

cd $BUILDDIR
cd mod_mono-2.8
./configure --prefix=/opt/mono-2.8
make
sudo make install
cd $BUILDDIR

echo
echo "done"

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!

Lately, I’ve been really digging the new Ubuntu 10.04 on my desktop and web server. So I’ve been meaning to get a post out here describing how I got Mono trunk installed since it comes packaged with 2.4.4.  After much testing, I finally have finished getting a script to work with a fresh, vanilla install.

I stumbled on this blog post by Boris Schieman where he wrote a bash script to compile and install the Mono trunk.  I made a few tweaks to it for a vanilla linux install for the tagged 2.6.4 release and setup another one for updating a mono trunk build using the daily tarballs. I’ve successfully tested both versions on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid. I’m just a casual linux/mono user, so use this at your own risk.

Steps to Install

Starting with a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 Server, these steps can be run from the console or via SSH. Lately, I’ve been testing the trunk script more thoroughly than the tagged version, but they both should work.  As always, checkout http://www.mono-project.com to get more detailed information about the different versions available and this install process. For the tagged 2.6.4 install, I chose to use the packaged mono to support compiling this one; so when it’s done, you’ll end up with two versions of mono installed. The packaged version is 2.4.4 located at: /usr/bin  and this compiled version will be located at /usr/local/bin and should be the default after it’s installed. These steps are basically the same for both versions. Just switch out the url for the script if you want to install the 2.6.4 tag.

Step by Step

1. Create a new directory in your home directory called mono.
   mkdir mono
   cd mono
2. Copy the script to this folder and make it executable
   wget http://www.integratedwebsystems.com/resources/p796/install_mono-trunk.sh
   chmod 744 install_mono-trunk.sh
3. Execute it. (without sudo; you will be prompted occasionally for your sudo password during install phases)
   ./install_mono-trunk.sh
4. Check the install – sometimes the trunk doesn’t always compile fully or install correctly.  Check your /usr/local/bin folder to see what was installed.  You can also run mono –V to see the current runtime version, which should be the date of the tarball 20100618, etc.  (equivalent of 2.7 trunk) 
   ls /usr/local/bin
5. Setup Mod_Mono by moving the config file and enabling it for apache
   sudo mv /etc/apache2/mod_mono.conf /etc/apache2/mods-available 
   sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/mod_mono.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/mono.conf 
6. Check your apache site configurations to ensure they’re using the correct path to mod-mono-server2 located at /usr/local/bin. I use the mod_mono configuration tool and then change the path it generates. Restart Apache when you’re done.
   sudo service apache2 restart

Download Scripts

Install Mono SVN Tag 2.6.4

Install Mono Trunk (updated 2/26/2010)

Update Mono Install (updated 2/26/2010)

Install Script for Trunk

#!/bin/bash

TOPDIR=$(pwd)
BUILDDIR=$TOPDIR/build
DLDDIR=$TOPDIR/downloads

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

echo "updating existing system"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y

echo "installing prerequisites"
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libc6-dev g++ gcc libglib2.0-dev pkg-config subversion apache2 apache2-threaded-dev bison gettext autoconf automake libtool

mkdir -p $BUILDDIR

echo
echo "downloading mono packages"
echo

cd $BUILDDIR

svn co svn://anonsvn.mono-project.com/source/trunk/xsp
svn co svn://anonsvn.mono-project.com/source/trunk/mod_mono

wget http://mono.ximian.com/daily/mono-latest.tar.bz2
wget http://mono.ximian.com/daily/monocharge-latest.tar.gz

cd $BUILDDIR
bunzip2 -df mono-latest.tar.bz2
tar -xvf mono-latest.tar
tar -xzvf monocharge-latest.tar.gz

echo
echo "building and installing mono packages"
echo
cd $BUILDDIR
cd mono-*
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-glib=system
make
sudo make install

cd $BUILDDIR
cd monocharge*
sudo env prefix=/usr/local ./recharge.sh

cd $BUILDDIR
cd xsp
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

cd $BUILDDIR
cd mod_mono
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd $BUILDDIR

echo
echo "done"

Good luck!

I finally figured it out, so I thought I'd share since I've had to do this more than once. My situation is that I have a machine with Sql Management Studio Express installed and I needed the full Management Studio installed. So while uninstalling a few components, I must've done it in the wrong order, my Sql Server Add/Remove just disappeared.  So then I was unable to cleanly uninstall the software.

When I tried to re-install the client components, I kept getting this error:

A component that you have specified in the ADD_LOCAL property is already installed. To upgrade the existing component, refer to the template.ini and set the UPGRADE property to the name of the component.

Sounds a bit greek to me.  But after a few minutes of reviewing google results for the subject, I found this article.

http://www.techtalkz.com/microsoft-sql-server/163115-uninstall-sql-2005-studio-express-so-i-can-install-sql-2005-t.html

In the last post, he mentions that he downloaded the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility and it worked.  So I thought I'd give it a whirl since my local install was pretty much a handful of nastiness.  So I downloaded the utility from Microsoft's web site.

After installing, I ran the utility, found the missing add/remove items and removed them.  Easy peasy…

Finally I restarted the Sql 2005 installer as normal, and the Client Components install went through without a problem.

Now I can get some work done…