How To Install mono-runtime-sgen on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-runtime-sgen on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-runtime-sgen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mono-runtime-sgen
How To Uninstall mono-runtime-sgen on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-runtime-sgen package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
