Quick Links

• Mono Tools for Visual Studio download page (http://mono-tools.com/download/)
• The most recent Mono for Windows (http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/monotools/latest/mono-windows.exe)
• The most recent MonoTools Server for Mac OS X (http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/monotools/latest/monotools-server.dmg) (required to debug Mono on Mac OS X)
  • Requires the most recent Mono for Mac OS X (http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/monotools/latest/MonoFramework-x86.dmg)
• Linux
  • Preconfigured MonoTools Server openSUSE VMware image (http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/monotools/latest/MonoTools-vmx.zip) (500MB) - or -
  • Preconfigured MonoTools Server openSUSE VirtualPC image (http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/monotools/latest/MonoTools-vpc.zip) (500MB) - or -
  • Use Yum to install monotools-addon-server from the RedHat/CentOS Mono repo (http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download-stable/RHEL_5/) - or -
  • Use the openSUSE 1click from your existing Linux system:

           (http://go-mono.com/monotools-download/monotools.ymp)

• Other platforms will need to build from the Mono Tools 2.0 Server sources (http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/monotools/latest/monotools-server-2.0.tar.bz2)
• Mono support resources (http://mono-project.com/Support)

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 (http://www.vmware.com/download/player/) or Virtual PC (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/)

Download Mono Tools

Download the Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2010 installer from the Mono Tools download page (http://mono-tools.com/download/)

           (http://www.go-mono.com/monotools/download/)

Download Mono for Windows to Run/Debug Locally

• Mono 2.6.7 for Windows (http://go-mono.com/monotools-download/latest/mono-windows.exe)

Download Servers for Linux and Mac to Run/Debug Remotely

Linux:

• Preconfigured MonoTools Server openSUSE VMware image (http://go-mono.com/monotools-download/latest/MonoTools-vmx.zip) (500MB) - or -
• Preconfigured MonoTools Server openSUSE VirtualPC image (http://go-mono.com/monotools-download/latest/MonoTools-vpc.zip) (500MB) - or -
• Use the openSUSE 1click from your existing Linux system:

           (http://go-mono.com/monotools-download/monotools.ymp)

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 (http://go-mono.com/monotools-download/latest/monotools-server.dmg) (required to debug Mono on Mac OS X)
  • Requires Mono 2.6.6 for Mac OS X (http://go-mono.com/monotools-download/latest/MonoFramework-x86.dmg)

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 (http://go-mono.com/monotools-download/latest/monotools-server-2.0.tar.bz2).

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://go-mono.com/monotools/monovs.ymp)

Everything should now be ready to go! Guides to using each feature are available from the Mono Tools homepage (http://mono-tools.com/).