How To Install mono-runtime-sgen on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is mono-runtime-sgen

mono-runtime-sgen 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 uses SGen which is Mono’s new simple generational garbage collector.

There are three methods to install mono-runtime-sgen 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-sgen 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-sgen using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mono-runtime-sgen

Install mono-runtime-sgen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mono-runtime-sgen

Install mono-runtime-sgen 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-sgen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mono-runtime-sgen

How To Uninstall mono-runtime-sgen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mono-runtime-sgen

Uninstall mono-runtime-sgen And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove mono-runtime-sgen Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

mono-runtime-sgen have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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