About MONO

[Glowing]

Hi guys, I'm new here and very very new too about linux esp with linux fundamental.
As you all can see from this link below:
http://mono2.ximian.com/archive/1.0/fedora-2-i386/

Which files I must download exactly?
Btw I still use dial up for my Internet connection thats why I cannot download all files becoz the size can reach up to 50MB.
Is it must to download all files in one package to get MONO work in my system?

Can samoene teach me or just give me some links about what should I do with those files after I download it?

I'm sorry with my dumb questions becoz I dont know the right place to ask

Thanks!

[ilja]

you need this :
mono-core-1.0-1.ximian.8.1.i386.rpm
cairo-0.1.23-2.ximian.8.1.i386.rpm
libpixman-0.1.1-0.ximian.7.1.i386.rpm
and if rpm returns an error, you need this :
* icu-2.6.2-1.ximian.11.0.i386.rpm
* libicu-devel-2.6.2-1.ximian.11.0.i386.rpm
* libicu26-2.6.2-1.ximian.11.0.i386.rpm

And optional RPMs for packets you want to install .
You install the packages with
rpm -Uhv packagename.rpm

[kbradl1]

I installed mono and found that so many of the RPMs depend on other RPMS that it really makes sense to download them all.

If you want to do something basic, like use monodevelop and monodoc to help you with your code you need # mono-web-forms-1.0-1.ximian.8.1.i386.rpm
which needs # mono-drawing-1.0-1.ximian.8.1.i386.rpm
which depends on
* icu-2.6.2-1.ximian.11.0.i386.rpm
* libicu-devel-2.6.2-1.ximian.11.0.i386.rpm
* libicu26-2.6.2-1.ximian.11.0.i386.rpm
and
* cairo-0.1.23-2.ximian.8.1.i386.rpm
* cairo-devel-0.1.23-2.ximian.8.1.i386.rpm
* libpixman-0.1.1-0.ximian.7.1.i386.rpm
* libpixman-devel-0.1.1-0.ximian.7.1.i386.rpm

and so on....

What I did was downloaded the mono-all package on a fast line and saved it to a usb flash drive. I then took the USB drive home created a local yum repostory on my fedora box and installed it from there. Good luck.

[djf_jeff]

Simply add this to your yum.conf

[gomono]
name=GoMono
baseurl=http://www.go-mono.com/archive/yum-repository/fedora-2-i386/

And everything is done with yum, dependency include...

[Jman]

More about Mono here.

[Ug]

Originally Posted by djf_jeff

Simply add this to your yum.conf

[gomono]
name=GoMono
baseurl=http://www.go-mono.com/archive/yum-repository/fedora-2-i386/

And everything is done with yum, dependency include...

I think you missed the point that he's on a dialup connection. Its just not feasible to download them all at once on a dialup connection before you get disconnected. There's just not enough time.

[djf_jeff]

So a yum feature called cache save some of the rpm that you have downloaded!

At least, with yum he wont have to fight dependancy hell. I dont see the point in not using yum here. If the connection get drop, restart yum and it will not download the already downloaded packages.

[Ug]

Even with cache Jeff, you'll get corrupted packages when it drops out.

Trust me - I've done it!

[bbj]

I'm on a dialup ( 56K if im lucky ) and have just completed downloading the entire FC2 mirrors + updates. It took a while ( work it out 5 Gig at +- 4.5 KB/s ), so its possible. Next Up is extras. This really makes yum work much quicker. All i gotta do now is keep it up to date.

What you need to do is use a download manager that can resume dropped links, like gFTP or rsync. For rsync though, the connecting server needs to run an rsync server.

BBJ

[Viro]

Originally Posted by bbj

I'm on a dialup ( 56K if im lucky ) and have just completed downloading the entire FC2 mirrors + updates. It took a while ( work it out 5 Gig at +- 4.5 KB/s ), so its possible. Next Up is extras. This really makes yum work much quicker. All i gotta do now is keep it up to date.

BBJ

Dude, you seriously need professional help