How To Install mono-runtime on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-runtime on Kali Linux. mono-runtime is Mono runtime - default version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-runtime on Kali Linux.

What is mono-runtime

mono-runtime 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 the Virtual Machine, JIT (Just-in-Time) and AOT (Ahead-of-Time) code generator “mono-sgen”. mono-sgen executes applications for the CLI (Common Language Infrastructure). Mono currently only supports the X86, PowerPC, ARM, S/390x, AMD64 and MIPS architectures.

This package installs this architecture’s default runtime version.

There are three methods to install mono-runtime on Kali Linux. 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-runtime 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-runtime using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mono-runtime

Install mono-runtime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mono-runtime

Install mono-runtime Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install mono-runtime

How To Uninstall mono-runtime on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mono-runtime

Uninstall mono-runtime And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mono-runtime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-runtime

Remove mono-runtime Configurations and Data

To remove mono-runtime configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mono-runtime

Remove mono-runtime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-runtime

Dependencies

mono-runtime have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-runtime package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.