[Mono-list] Deploy mono website on Debian - mono-develop required?

[Chris Howie]

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:14 PM, xyznyc <xyznyc at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> I am uncertain whether I need to install the mono-2.0-devel packages, or
> just the mono runtime packages.
>
> I plan to deploy asp.net source code files, not binaries. (Unless I can get
> mono 2.4 installed, which is a separate question. With 2.4, I would deploy a
> pre-compiled version of my website.)

You may need the development packages then -- you will surely need a
compiler if you are deploying source.

> My two main questions at this point:
>
> 1) Do I need to install mono-2.0-devel if I just plan to run the website on
> this server?

Probably since you are not deploying compiled assemblies.

> 3) The hosting company I am planning to use only offers Debian Etch (not
> Lenny). I've read on the "Binaries for other platforms (unsupported)" on
> this website how to use backports.org to install mono 1.9.1 on Etch. Is
> there a way, short of compiling from source code, to get mono 2.4 on Etch
> (again, not for development - just for deploying a website)?

Probably not.

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