How To Install mono-source on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-source on Debian 10.
What is mono-source
mono-source 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 an archive of the source code used to build the Mono packages in Debian.
There are three methods to install mono-source on Debian 10. 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-source 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-source using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mono-source
Install mono-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-source using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mono-source
Install mono-source 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-source using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mono-source
How To Uninstall mono-source on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mono-source package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mono-source
Uninstall mono-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mono-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-source
Remove mono-source Configurations and Data
To remove mono-source configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mono-source
Remove mono-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mono-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-source
Dependencies
mono-source have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-source package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.