Compiling .NET code with Mono compiler is almost similar to compile with g++/gcc. The basic steps are as follows.
1) Download and install the Mono for your platform from http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html
2) Then write the code (we are going to see how to use c# compiler) with your favorite editor or IDE.
3) Now to compile the code, we simply need to execute a file called mcs under the <installed location of mono>/bin, like this
4) This will compile .cs file specified and produces the executable <filename>.exe
But this compilation would produce only console application. That is whenever you execute the application, a terminal or a command window will be opened automatically. We may need to specify one or two options to ask the compiler to compile in forms mode.
The additional options used in this case are, -target and -r. -target specifies compiler that it has to generate a winexe type of application rather than console. -r option refers to the references. System.Windows.Forms.dll and System.Drawing.dll are the most common references needed when we start building applications with GUI support.
NOTE: We can even build GUI applications in console mode, but the console/terminal window will show up and will not be closed until the application is running.
1) Download and install the Mono for your platform from http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html
2) Then write the code (we are going to see how to use c# compiler) with your favorite editor or IDE.
3) Now to compile the code, we simply need to execute a file called mcs under the <installed location of mono>/bin, like this
mcs <filename>.cs -out:<filename>.exe
4) This will compile .cs file specified and produces the executable <filename>.exe
But this compilation would produce only console application. That is whenever you execute the application, a terminal or a command window will be opened automatically. We may need to specify one or two options to ask the compiler to compile in forms mode.
mcs <filename>.cs -out:<filename>.exe -target:winexe -r:System.Windows.Forms.dll -r:System.Drawing.dll
NOTE: We can even build GUI applications in console mode, but the console/terminal window will show up and will not be closed until the application is running.