[glug-t] Fwd: Learn how to get the Mono beta up and running for deploying .NET applications

hi,
    this is a fwd message form mumbai .net user group... it ll be helpful for 
installing mono.net and testing...
 
From: rilov  (Original Message)Sent: 4/24/2005 12:46 PM
Down Load Mono Beta
 

Learn how to get the Mono beta up and running for deploying .NET applications 
to Linux and other platforms. <o:p></o:p>

The Mono Project has to be one of the most eagerly awaited open source projects 
for developers, bringing the .NET framework to Linux and other platforms, 
opening up a range of possibilities for application deployment. <o:p></o:p>

Recently, Beta3 of the Mono project was released and in this article we are 
going to look at how to get the beta up and running on Linux, and how to deploy 
your first .NET application to the Mono platform. <o:p></o:p>

If you are Windows developer who is considering using Linux to host your .NET 
applications, the Mono beta provides a good way to test and tweak your 
applications before making the move. <o:p></o:p>

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Editor's Note:
Mono Beta 3 (like all betas) should only be used for testing purposes only and 
is not recommended for production use. <o:p></o:p>

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For this walk-through we are going to use Red Hat 9.0 as our platform to 
install and configure Mono. If you don't have a Red Hat or other Linux server 
available, you can download the Red Hat installation ISO's from here <o:p></o:p>

If you don't have a spare computer or server to load RedHat, you can turn your 
existing machine into a dual-boot machine but it may be easier to use a virtual 
machine like VMWare but make sure you read through any installation notes for 
installing Red Hat.<o:p></o:p>

Once you have Red Hat up and running, you will need to download the Mono Beta3 
from the the Go-Mono Web site. There are different versions depending on the 
operating system you are using, including:<o:p></o:p>

    Red Hat 9.0/x86 <o:p></o:p> 
    Fedora Core 1/x86 <o:p></o:p> 
    Fedora Core 2/x86 <o:p></o:p> 
    SLES 8/x86 <o:p></o:p> 
    SUSE 9/x86 <o:p></o:p> 
    SUSE 9.1/x86 <o:p></o:p> 
    Windows (2000 and above) <o:p></o:p> 
    Mac OS X <o:p></o:p>

For this article we are going to download the Red Hat 9.0/x86 version.There are 
two different ways you can download the beta-either one large zip file with 
everything in it or as individual RPM files. <o:p></o:p>

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About RPM
If you are new to Linux, RPM stands for "Red Hat Package Manager" and is a 
standard file format used to deploy software packages on Linux using the RPM 
Package Manager. You can find more information on RPM here.<o:p></o:p>

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The easiest way to install the Mono beta is to download the zip file that 
contains all of the RPM files that you need. Once you have unzipped the RPM 
files, you may try to install each of the individual packages by 
double-clicking each package to launch the installer, but there may be 
dependencies or other applications that need to be installed first. The easiest 
way to install all of the RPM files at once is from the command line.<o:p></o:p>

Make sure you are logged in as the root user and then use the command line 
below to install all of the packages at once:

rpm -Uvh --nodeps *.rpm

If you already jumped ahead and installed a couple of the packages or if you 
already had some of these packages installed, you can force the installation of 
all of the Mono packages using:

rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force *.rpm<o:p></o:p>

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Tip: For more options when using RPM at the command line, type RPM -help or 
visit the RPM "How-To" document here.<o:p></o:p>

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Once you have installed all of the RPM packages, we need to go do some testing 
to make sure that all of the Mono components are running. Mono has it's own 
light-weight Web server called XSP which was written using C# and ships with a 
number of test pages you can use to determine if the Mono beta is installed and 
working.<o:p></o:p>

To start the XSP Web server, open a terminal and run:<o:p></o:p>

mono /usr/bin/xsp.exe --port 80<o:p></o:p>

With the Web server up and running, you can now view the test .ASPX pages that 
ship with the Mono beta by navigating to http://127.0.0.1/test/ where you 
should see the default Web page 

 

There are a number of sample .ASPX pages that you can use see how Mono handles 
different ASP.NET features, including user interface controls, code-behind and 
different techniques for data binding and some sample Web services and 
documentation.<o:p></o:p>

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Note: Some the samples require additional setup. For example, some of the data 
binding examples require a database table to be created. In most examples, the 
instructions will be included in the error message that is returned when you 
attempt to view the page.<o:p></o:p>

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Now that you have confirmed that Mono is installed and that the Web server is 
up and running, we can start testing out your own .NET applications. One of the 
RPM files in the zip file provided with Beta 3 contains a copy of MonoDevelop, 
an open source IDE that you can use to develop applications based on the Mono 
framework. You can find the Mono Develop icon in the program menu under 
Programming > More Programming Tools > MonoDevelop.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p></o:p> 

Once you are in the MonoDevelop IDE, you can use the import option under the 
File menu to import a Visual Studio project and then compile and run it from 
within the MonoDevelop IDE. And don't forget, Mono supports C# but not VB.NET, 
so make sure any apps you want to test are written in C# before attempting to 
port them over.<o:p></o:p>

Whether you are a Linux developer who is looking for a new toolset or a .NET 
developer looking for a new platform, Mono Beta 3 has a little bit of something 
for everyone. 

 

Feel Free to Contact In Case any Issues..................

-rilov@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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