[Mono-devel-list] Re: [Mono-list] How hard is it to install Mono?

[Weiqi Gao]

Duncan Mak wrote:

>How do you install Mono right now? What do you do to upgrade?
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I use the yum repositories for Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 2.

>Is Mono too difficult to install for people new to Linux? For people
>with Linux experience?
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When everything works, the yum repositories approach is very easy.  (How 
hard could it be to type "yum install mono"?)  My problems with the 
install are all related to broken/unsatisfied/missing dependencies.

>Do you think switching back to a two package setup is a good idea?
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If it cuts down on the dependency related issues, sure!  But I still 
prefer the yum repositories mainly because I install my other software 
using it.  Since I install everything anyway, it really doesn't make any 
difference to me if two packages or thirty packages are installed.  
Though I have to admit that it is way cooler to watch thirty packages 
scroll by in yum.

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