How To Install mono-wcf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-wcf on Rocky Linux 8. mono-wcf is Mono implementation of Windows Communication Foundation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-wcf on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mono-wcf`

This package provides an implementation of WCF, the Windows Communication Foundation.

We can use yum or dnf to install mono-wcf on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mono-wcf.

Install mono-wcf on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mono-wcf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mono-wcf

Install mono-wcf on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mono-wcf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mono-wcf

How To Uninstall mono-wcf on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mono-wcf

mono-wcf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.IdentityModel.Selectors.dll
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.IdentityModel.dll
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.ServiceModel.Activation.dll
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.ServiceModel.Discovery.dll
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.ServiceModel.Internals.dll
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.ServiceModel.Routing.dll
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.ServiceModel.Web.dll
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.ServiceModel.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.IdentityModel
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.IdentityModel.Selectors
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.IdentityModel.Selectors/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.IdentityModel.Selectors/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.IdentityModel.Selectors.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.IdentityModel.Selectors/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.IdentityModel.Selectors.dll.mdb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.IdentityModel/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.IdentityModel/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.IdentityModel.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.IdentityModel/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.IdentityModel.dll.mdb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Activation
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Activation/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Activation/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.ServiceModel.Activation.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Activation/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.ServiceModel.Activation.dll.mdb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Discovery
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Discovery/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Discovery/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.ServiceModel.Discovery.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Discovery/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.ServiceModel.Discovery.dll.mdb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Internals
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Internals/0.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Internals/0.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.ServiceModel.Internals.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Internals/0.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.ServiceModel.Internals.dll.mdb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Routing
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Routing/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Routing/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.ServiceModel.Routing.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Routing/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.ServiceModel.Routing.dll.mdb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Web
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Web/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Web/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.ServiceModel.Web.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel.Web/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/System.ServiceModel.Web.dll.mdb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.ServiceModel.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.ServiceModel/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.ServiceModel.dll.mdb

References

mono-wcf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-wcf on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.