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Mono is an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework.

Installation (Stable mono, recommended)

Download the source of mono

 wget https://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/mono-6.12.0.199.tar.xz

Extract the mono archive
```
 tar xf mono-6.12.0.199.tar.xz
```

Enter the extracted directory and set up for compilation

  cd ~/mono-6.12.0.199/
 ./autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME
 make get-monolite-latest

Complete the mono compilation and installation (this will take a while -- most likely between 15 and 30 minutes)
```
 make && make install
```

Add ~/bin to your PATH if it is not already

 echo "PATH=\$HOME/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

Set a custom temporary directory in your bash configuration if it is not already

 echo "TMPDIR=\$HOME/.tmp" >> ~/.bashrc && mkdir -p ~/.tmp && source ~/.bashrc

(Optional) Return to your home directory and clean up the archive data
```
 cd
 rm mono-6.12.0.199.tar.xz
```

(Optional) Development version of Mono

These instructions install the latest development version of Mono. This is only needed for a specific update that has been applied to the development version of Mono that is not available in the current stable release.

Download the latest Git master of Mono

 git clone https://github.com/mono/mono.git ~/mono

Enter the directory and set up for compilation

  cd ~/mono
 ./autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME
 make get-monolite-latest

Complete the mono compilation and installation (this will take a while -- most likely between 15 and 30 minutes)
```
 make && make install
```
Return to the root of your slot and clean up the archive data
```
 cd
 rm -rf ~/mono/
```

Add ~/.mono/bin to your PATH

 echo "PATH=\$HOME/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

Set a custom temporary directory in your bash configuration if it is not already

 echo "TMPDIR=\$HOME/.tmp" >> ~/.bashrc && mkdir -p ~/.tmp && source ~/.bashrc