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Quick Links
- Mono Tools for Visual Studio download page
- The most recent Mono for Windows
- The most recent MonoTools Server for Mac OS X (required to debug Mono on Mac OS X)
- Requires the most recent Mono for Mac OS X
- Linux
- Preconfigured MonoTools Server openSUSE VMware image (500MB) - or -
- Preconfigured MonoTools Server openSUSE VirtualPC image (500MB) - or -
- Use Yum to install monotools-addon-server from the RedHat/CentOS Mono repo - or -
- Use the openSUSE 1click from your existing Linux system:
http://mono-project.com/files/2/2b/Monovs-1click.png
- Other platforms will need to build from the Mono Tools 2.0 Server sources
- Mono support resources
Installing Mono Tools for Visual Studio
Requirements:
- Windows XP, Vista, or 7, 32 or 64 bits
- Visual Studio
- 2008 SP1 Standard or Professional, or
- 2010 Professional, Premium, or Ultimate
- VMWare Player or Virtual PC
Download Mono Tools
Download the Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2010 installer from the Mono Tools download page
http://www.go-mono.com/monotools/Images/mp-download-blue.png
Download Mono for Windows to Run/Debug Locally
Download Servers for Linux and Mac to Run/Debug Remotely
Linux:
- Preconfigured MonoTools Server openSUSE VMware image (500MB) - or -
- Preconfigured MonoTools Server openSUSE VirtualPC image (500MB) - or -
- Use the openSUSE 1click from your existing Linux system:
http://mono-project.com/files/2/2b/Monovs-1click.png
Note: After installing on Linux, launch the "MonoTool GUI Server" from the application menu to start the server.
Mac:
- MonoTools Server for Mac OS X (required to debug Mono on Mac OS X)
- Requires Mono 2.6.6 for Mac OS X
Sources
To debug applications on other systems running Mono 2.6.7 (or later), you may need to build your own copy of the MonoTools Server from the Mono Tools 2.0 Server sources.
Installing the Windows Software
- Make sure all copies of Visual Studio are closed!
- Double click the Windows installer (.msi or .vsix).
- Follow the installer instructions.
Using the Linux Image
- Unzip either the VMWare (-vmx.zip) or Vitual PC (-vpc.zip) image.
- Start up the image.
- MonoVS-0.x.xxxx.vmx for VMWare (where x is the version number)
- MonoVS-0.x.xxxx.vmc for Virtual PC (where x is the version number)
- The image should launch the Mono Tools server on startup.
- (Denoted by a mono icon in the tray in the bottom right on the Linux desktop.)
Installing the Linux Server Component on openSUSE or SLE
As an alternative to the VMWare or Virtual PC image, you may install the server component on an existing openSUSE 11.1 or SLE 11 system.
- Use the openSUSE 1click from your Linux system:
http://mono-project.com/files/2/2b/Monovs-1click.png
Everything should now be ready to go! Guides to using each feature are available from the Mono Tools homepage.