How To Install mono-reactive-winforms on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-reactive-winforms on Rocky Linux 8. mono-reactive-winforms is Reactive Extensions for Mono desktop-specific libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-reactive-winforms on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mono-reactive-winforms

Reactive Extensions for Mono, desktop-specific packages (winforms, windows threading).

We can use yum or dnf to install mono-reactive-winforms on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mono-reactive-winforms.

Install mono-reactive-winforms on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mono-reactive-winforms using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mono-reactive-winforms

Install mono-reactive-winforms on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mono-reactive-winforms using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mono-reactive-winforms

How To Uninstall mono-reactive-winforms on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mono-reactive-winforms package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mono-reactive-winforms

mono-reactive-winforms Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.Reactive.Windows.Forms.dll
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.Reactive.Windows.Threading.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Reactive.Windows.Forms
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Reactive.Windows.Forms/2.2.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Reactive.Windows.Forms/2.2.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.Reactive.Windows.Forms.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Reactive.Windows.Forms/2.2.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.Reactive.Windows.Forms.dll.mdb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Reactive.Windows.Threading
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Reactive.Windows.Threading/2.2.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Reactive.Windows.Threading/2.2.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.Reactive.Windows.Threading.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Reactive.Windows.Threading/2.2.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.Reactive.Windows.Threading.dll.mdb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-reactive-winforms on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.