How To Install mono-core on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-core in AlmaLinux 8. mono-core is The Mono CIL runtime, suitable for running .NET code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-core on AlmaLinux 8.

What is `mono-core`

This package contains the core of the Mono runtime including its Virtual Machine, Just-in-time compiler, C# compiler, security tools and libraries (corlib, XML, System.Security, ZipLib, I18N, Cairo and Mono.*).

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

Install mono-core on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install mono-core

Install mono-core on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install mono-core

How To Uninstall mono-core on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mono-core

References

mono-core website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-core on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.