How To Install mono-tools-devel on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-tools-devel on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mono-tools-devel
mono-tools-devel is:
This package contains various development tools for use with Mono:
- create-native-map
- minvoke
There are three methods to install mono-tools-devel 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-tools-devel 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-tools-devel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mono-tools-devel
Install mono-tools-devel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-tools-devel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mono-tools-devel
Install mono-tools-devel 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-tools-devel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mono-tools-devel
How To Uninstall mono-tools-devel on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mono-tools-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mono-tools-devel
Uninstall mono-tools-devel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mono-tools-devel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-tools-devel
Remove mono-tools-devel Configurations and Data
To remove mono-tools-devel configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mono-tools-devel
Remove mono-tools-devel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mono-tools-devel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-tools-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-tools-devel package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
