How To Install mono-gac on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-gac on Debian 11.
What is mono-gac
mono-gac is:
Mono is a platform for running and developing applications based on the ECMA/ISO Standards. Mono is an open source effort led by Xamarin. Mono provides a complete CLR (Common Language Runtime) including compiler and runtime, which can produce and execute CIL (Common Intermediate Language) bytecode (aka assemblies), and a class library.
This package pulls in the default GAC (Global Assembly Cache) tool (gacutil) used by Mono to store shared CIL (Common Intermediate Language) libraries.
There are three methods to install mono-gac on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mono-gac Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-gac using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mono-gac
Install mono-gac Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-gac using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mono-gac
Install mono-gac 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 mono-gac using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mono-gac
How To Uninstall mono-gac on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mono-gac package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mono-gac
Uninstall mono-gac And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mono-gac and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-gac
Remove mono-gac Configurations and Data
To remove mono-gac configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mono-gac
Remove mono-gac configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mono-gac configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-gac
Dependencies
mono-gac have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-gac package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.