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author | Miguel de Icaza <miguel@gnome.org> | 2003-07-17 09:07:35 +0400 |
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committer | Miguel de Icaza <miguel@gnome.org> | 2003-07-17 09:07:35 +0400 |
commit | b73428cdf0d7ca48aa01a9216e3e1c86a809d21c (patch) | |
tree | d0365fefcbfc9693faaf7018757eea60eb61b1ba /mcs/INSTALL.txt | |
parent | f03ec5054d607a986ca0ebd6720b6e4a65025f6b (diff) |
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diff --git a/mcs/INSTALL.txt b/mcs/INSTALL.txt index 7013d30ea06..a39ef19d342 100644 --- a/mcs/INSTALL.txt +++ b/mcs/INSTALL.txt @@ -1,17 +1,30 @@ Basic Installation ================== -The Mono project has developed mono, an x86-specific CL JIT compiler and -mint, a portable CLI interpreter. The build process of each of these -depends on nothing more than a C compiler, glib2 and libgc. +The Mono project has developed mono, a CLI runtime. The build process +of each of these depends on nothing more than a C compiler and glib2. However, to provide a working runtime environment, these programs must -be supplemented by corlib, a CLR assembly to which they are closely -tied. This package provides the C# sources for corlib as well as some -additional assemblies and mcs, the Mono C# compiler. +be supplemented by the class libraries, which are written in C#. This +package contains the components written in C#: class libraries, +compilers and tools. -Building MCS -============ +Build Process for Users. +======================== + +If you only want to build a snapshot or a fresh CVS checkout of the +sources, you should go into the `mono' sibling directory and issue the +following command: + + ./autogen --prefix=/usr/local + make fullbuild + +That will build and install the code in a single pass. The +compilation is bundled with the build due to depedencies on the class +libraries on the runtime. + +Build Features for Developers. +============================== These instructions apply to both Linux and Windows. To build this package, you must already have a C# compiler installed. This means |