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How to install the newest Mono?

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 7217 / 3 Years ago, sat, may 1, 2021, 4:43:46

I want to install the newest version of Mono on my Ubuntu 13.10 installation, but obviously it requires me to download a lot of packages from the Debian website, which is not ideal as it is hard to fix up dependencies. (+ They'll all be marked as manually installed)

I am aware I can install mono from source but I'd prefer not to.

How do I add a Debian PPA to my package managers, so I can just install it with Aptitude or APT?

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answered 3 Years ago lowstonnequ · Accepted Answer

First of all.

Do not mix different repositories.

Ubuntu and Debian packages have differences in the way they are built. You may have unexpected results if you don't know what are you doing. The best way to install these packages are:

Waiting for Ubuntu to catch up with upstream.

Using the Ubuntu's mono PPA.

Chroot or create a virtual machine with Debian

Build from sources.

Those are the recommended methods to do things around. If you want to mess with your system, please do so, but don't argue that we didn't tell you if something goes wrong. Actually Murphy's Law says something will go wrong.