Need to install Mono to use Azure on Ubuntu 14.04
Solution 1
To install mono
sudo apt-get install mono-complete
Silverlight is not available on Linux, but you can try alternatives such as Pipelight.
Solution 2
Installing Mono if your are behind a proxy or a firewall When :
- Ports are blocked (keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371)
- When you are not able to add a signing key
Add Signing Key using
wget "http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF" -O out && sudo apt-key add out && rm out
Add Repository
echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list
Update repolist
sudo apt-get update
Install Mono (using the package names in bold)
The package mono-devel should be installed to compile code.
The package mono-complete should be installed to install everything - this should cover most cases of “assembly not found” errors.
The package referenceassemblies-pcl should be installed for PCL compilation support - this will resolve most cases of “Framework not installed: .NETPortable” errors during software compilation.
Solution 3
Intro
sudo apt-get install mono-complete
does in fact install mono in most cases as expected. But if you only install mono-complete without first adding Mono Project GPG signing key and the package repository (and updating the repolist) you are in a great danger to be using the old and obsolete versions of TLS/SSL algorithms among other potentially harmful pieces of code, at least for now.
If you want to use mono more safely you should follow the instructions described in mono-project.com install page or a similar one.
Example:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mono-complete
Mono JIT compiler version 4.2.1 -> 4.4.2
Example2
apt-get -y update && \
apt-get -y install \
wget \
tar \
git \
autoconf \
libtool \
automake \
build-essential \
mono-devel \
gettext
wget http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/mono-4.6.0.125.tar.bz2 -O mono-4.6.0.125.tar.bz2
tar xvf mono-4.6.0.125.tar.bz2
cd "mono-4.6.0/"
./configure
make
make install
Mono JIT compiler version 4.2.1 -> 4.6.0.125 You can find the other stable versions out there on the same page also.
Background information
Testing done with the mono .Net implementation using ubuntu 16.04 and 14.04 (with docker).
Install only mono-complete:
- Does not reject connections if server certificate is expired.
Do as instructed in the "Example1" or "Example2" -section
- Reject connections if server certificate is expired.
- More safe
I know this because i used trytls to test mono against badssl and other TLS/SSL testing-backends using C#-Net, F#-Net and VB-Net.
Solution 4
sudo apt-get install mono-xsp4
Works for me (first try sudo apt-get install mono-complete, but it still not working, then sudo apt-get install mono-xsp4 and works).
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Jon295087
Rank Novice currently studying cloud computing technologies using VMware, Ubuntu, MongoDB, Azure, Cassandra.
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Jon295087 over 1 year
I have been having a play using MS Azure through Ubuntu, but in order to manage my Azure Server, it's asked me to install Silverlight which has then directed me to install Mono.
I've downloaded Mono but the Archive Manager won't open it.
Reading around, I am guessing this is because I am running a 64-bit system, and I gather that to get Mono running in 64-bit, it needs installing through code.
I'm super new to both Ubuntu and Linux. Please advise what to run in a terminal session in order to get Mono installed so that I can get back to Azure.
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Jon295087 almost 10 yearssudo apt-get install mono-complete worked for me, many thanks for your help.
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ashes999 over 7 yearsIf you get a "package not found" type of error, you need to run
sudo apt-get update
first to update the list of known packages on your machine.