How To Install mono-xbuild on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-xbuild on Debian 10.
What is mono-xbuild
mono-xbuild 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.
xbuild is Mono’s implementation of msbuild and allows projects that have a msbuild file to be compiled natively on Linux.
Microsoft Build (msbuild) is a build system developed by Microsoft similar in spirit to Nant (in that it uses XML files for describing the build process) and in the same spirit as make.
http://www.mono-project.com/Microsoft.Build
There are three methods to install mono-xbuild 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-xbuild 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-xbuild using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mono-xbuild
Install mono-xbuild Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-xbuild using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mono-xbuild
Install mono-xbuild 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-xbuild using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mono-xbuild
How To Uninstall mono-xbuild on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mono-xbuild package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mono-xbuild
Uninstall mono-xbuild And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mono-xbuild and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-xbuild
Remove mono-xbuild Configurations and Data
To remove mono-xbuild configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mono-xbuild
Remove mono-xbuild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mono-xbuild configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-xbuild
Dependencies
mono-xbuild have the following dependencies:
- mono-runtime
- libc6
- libmono-corlib4.5-cil
- libmono-microsoft-build-engine4.0-cil
- libmono-microsoft-build-framework4.0-cil
- libmono-microsoft-build-tasks-v4.0-4.0-cil
- libmono-microsoft-build-utilities-v4.0-4.0-cil
- libmono-system-core4.0-cil
- libmono-system-data4.0-cil
- libmono-system-runtime-serialization4.0-cil
- libmono-system-xml-linq4.0-cil
- libmono-system-xml4.0-cil
- libmono-system4.0-cil
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-xbuild package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.