How To Install mono-complete on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-complete on Rocky Linux 8. mono-complete is Install everything built from the mono source tree

Introduction

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

What is mono-complete

The Mono Project is an open development initiative that is working to develop an open source, Unix version of the .NET development platform. Its objective is to enable Unix developers to build and deploy cross-platform .NET applications. The project will implement various technologies that have been submitted to the ECMA for standardization. Install everything built from the mono source tree. Note that this does not install anything from outside the mono source (XSP, mono-basic, etc.).

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

Install mono-complete 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-complete using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mono-complete

Install mono-complete 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-complete using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mono-complete

How To Uninstall mono-complete on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mono-complete

mono-complete Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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Summary

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