How To Install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mono-reference-assemblies-3.5
mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 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 contains files required to compile applications against an older version of .NET, using Mono 4.0 or above, which only include the latest version of the class library as-is. This is important for producing apps for wider distribution
There are three methods to install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-reference-assemblies-3.5 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-reference-assemblies-3.5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5
Install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5
Install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5
How To Uninstall mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mono-reference-assemblies-3.5
Uninstall mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-reference-assemblies-3.5
Remove mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 Configurations and Data
To remove mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mono-reference-assemblies-3.5
Remove mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-reference-assemblies-3.5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
