How To Install mono-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-utils on Debian 9.
What is mono-utils
mono-utils 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 includes various tools useful for CLI developers, like pedump, monodis and monograph.
There are three methods to install mono-utils on Debian 9. 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mono-utils
Install mono-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mono-utils
Install mono-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mono-utils
How To Uninstall mono-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mono-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mono-utils
Uninstall mono-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mono-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-utils
Remove mono-utils Configurations and Data
To remove mono-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mono-utils
Remove mono-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mono-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-utils
Dependencies
mono-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.