How To Install mono-winfx on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-winfx on Rocky Linux 8. mono-winfx is Mono implementation of core WinFX APIs

Introduction

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

What is `mono-winfx`

Open source implementation of core WinFX APIs

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

Install mono-winfx 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-winfx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mono-winfx

Install mono-winfx 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-winfx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mono-winfx

How To Uninstall mono-winfx on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mono-winfx

mono-winfx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/mono/4.5/System.Data.Services.Client.dll
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/WindowsBase.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Data.Services.Client
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Data.Services.Client/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Data.Services.Client/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.Services.Client.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/System.Data.Services.Client/4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.Services.Client.dll.mdb
/usr/lib/mono/gac/WindowsBase
/usr/lib/mono/gac/WindowsBase/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35
/usr/lib/mono/gac/WindowsBase/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/WindowsBase.dll
/usr/lib/mono/gac/WindowsBase/4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35/WindowsBase.dll.mdb

References

mono-winfx website

Summary

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