How To Install monodevelop on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install monodevelop on Debian 9. monodevelop is Development Environment for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install monodevelop on Debian 9.

What is monodevelop

monodevelop is:

MonoDevelop is a GNOME IDE primarily designed for C# and other CLI (.NET) languages. It is the unbranded version of Xamarin Studio.

It supports the following languages: C, C++, C# (1.0, 2.0 and 3.0), Vala, Boo, Java, Nemerle, ILasm, ASP.NET and VB.NET.

Features: Debugger Integration (Mono Debugger and GNU Debugger), Class Browser, Assembly Browser, Built-in Help, Monodoc Integration, Code Completion (also known as IntelliSense), Code Folding, Color Schemes, Code Refactoring, On-the-fly error underlining, XML Editing, Embedded HTML viewer, Gettext support, GTK# Designer, MSBuild project support and Makefile Generation.

There are three methods to install monodevelop on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install monodevelop Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install monodevelop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install monodevelop

Install monodevelop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install monodevelop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install monodevelop

Install monodevelop Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install monodevelop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install monodevelop

How To Uninstall monodevelop on Debian 9

To uninstall only the monodevelop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove monodevelop

Uninstall monodevelop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall monodevelop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove monodevelop

Remove monodevelop Configurations and Data

To remove monodevelop configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge monodevelop

Remove monodevelop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove monodevelop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monodevelop

Dependencies

monodevelop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install monodevelop package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.