How To Install mono-4.0-service on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-4.0-service on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mono-4.0-service
mono-4.0-service 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 contains the mono-service manager, used to start and stop CLI 4.0 services based on the System.ServiceProcess API.
There are three methods to install mono-4.0-service on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-4.0-service 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-4.0-service using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mono-4.0-service
Install mono-4.0-service Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mono-4.0-service using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mono-4.0-service
Install mono-4.0-service 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-4.0-service using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mono-4.0-service
How To Uninstall mono-4.0-service on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mono-4.0-service package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mono-4.0-service
Uninstall mono-4.0-service And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mono-4.0-service and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mono-4.0-service
Remove mono-4.0-service Configurations and Data
To remove mono-4.0-service configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mono-4.0-service
Remove mono-4.0-service configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mono-4.0-service configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mono-4.0-service
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mono-4.0-service package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
