Installing Mono
To install Mono on a Mac using Homebrew, follow these steps:
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Open Terminal.
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Run the following command to install Mono:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
- After Homebrew is installed, run the following command to install Mono:
brew install mono
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The installation process will download and compile Mono, which may take some time.
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To ensure that Mono is installed correctly, you can check its version by running:
mono --version
You should see output similar to:
Mono JIT compiler version 6.14.0.210 (tarball Thu Jul 29 13:18:45 UTC 2021)
- If you need to install libdi, you can do so by running:
cd /usr/local/Cellar/mono/6.14.0
make Last15lineshownbelow
The last 15 lines of the output should look like:
libtool: install: /usr/local/Cellar/mono/6.14.0/lib/mono/4.5/libdi.so.1.0.0
libtool: install: /usr/local/Cellar/mono/6.14.0/lib/mono/4.5/libdi.so
libtool: install: /usr/local/Cellar/mono/6.14.0/lib/mono/4.5/libdi.so.1
libtool: install: /usr/local/Cellar/mono/6.14.0/lib/mono/4.5/libdi.a
libtool: install: /usr/local/Cellar/mono/6.14.0/lib/mono/4.5/libdi.la
Summary
- Install Mono on a Mac using Homebrew.
- Run the installation command:
brew install mono. - Check the installed version with
mono --version. - If needed, install libdi with
cd /usr/local/Cellar/mono/6.14.0; make Last15lineshownbelow.