[Mono-list] Basic question about using Mono

[Jonathan Pryor]

On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 07:11 -0700, Robin2 wrote:
> Running Windows Mono under Wine sounds rather convoluted - but, if it works
> ...
> 
> Assuming there is a Windows program that does not "need" Wine, how would one
> download and run it under Mono on Linux?   Do I just download the Microsoft
> .exe or .msi and just double-click it?

In an ideal world, they would provide either (1) a .zip file, or (2)
a .exe which is a self-extracting ZIP (and thus can be unzipped with the
normal unzip program).

If they do neither of these, you probably need to install the .exe
or .msi under Wine before running the app under Mono...

 - Jon