Installing Mono Tools for Visual Studio

Requirements:

• Windows XP, Vista, or 7, 32 or 64 bits
• Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Standard or Professional
• VMWare Player (http://www.vmware.com/download/player/) or Virtual PC (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/)

There are two pieces to install for Mono Tools for Visual Studio:

• An addin for Visual Studio.
• A server that runs on Linux.

You will need to download the Windows installer (.msi) and either the VMWare (vmx.zip) or Virtual PC (vpc.zip) image from the location linked on the Mono Tools homepage (http://www.go-mono.com/monovs/).

Installing the Windows Software

• Make sure all copies of Visual Studio 2008 are closed!
• Double click the Windows installer (.msi).
• Follow the installer instructions.

Installing the Linux Image

• Unzip either the VMWare (-vmx.zip) or Vitual PC (-vpc.zip) image.
• Start up the image.
  • MonoVS-0.x.xxxx.vmx for VMWare (where x is the version number)
  • MonoVS-0.x.xxxx.vmc for Virtual PC (where x is the version number)
• The image should launch the Mono Tools server on startup.
  • (Denoted by a mono icon in the tray in the bottom right on the Linux desktop.)

Installing the Linux Server Component on openSUSE or SLE

As an alternative to the VMWare or Virtual PC image, you may install the server component on an existing openSUSE 11.1 or SLE 11 system.

• Use the openSUSE 1click from your Linux system:

 (http://go-mono.com/monovs/monovs.ymp)

Everything should now be ready to go! Guides to using each feature are available from the Mono Tools homepage (http://www.go-mono.com/monovs/).