Preparing your Linux computer for MX: Difference between revisions

 
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Please note that a particular MX build might specify it needs a particular version of Mono.  Hence, although normally you can upgrade any (CumulusMX.exe, ExportToMySQL.exe, CreateMissing.exe, proposed CreateRecords.exe) cumulus package without upgrading Mono, sometimes you will need to upgrade Mono, and that means following above install instructions again.
Please note that a particular MX build might specify it needs a particular version of Mono.  Hence, although normally you can upgrade any (CumulusMX.exe, ExportToMySQL.exe, CreateMissing.exe, proposed CreateRecords.exe) cumulus package without upgrading Mono, sometimes you will need to upgrade Mono, and that means following above install instructions again.


The latest release of Mono, for a variety of Linux distributions, can always be downloaded from the mono project web site [https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-lin mono-project.com]:
 
'''The latest versions of MX require Mono v6.8 or later (6.12 or later if you want to use email)'''.<br>
Please check the version installed by the above process, if it is an older version then you will have to install Mono directly from the Mono web site as outlined below...
 
 
The latest release of Mono, for a variety of Linux distributions, can always be downloaded from the mono project web site [https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-lin mono-project.com] (the macOS versions are here [https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-mac mono-project.com]):
# follow step 1 there,  
# follow step 1 there,  
# but in step 2 replace ‘’’mono-devel‘’’ by ‘’’mono-complete’’’
# but in step 2 replace ‘’’mono-devel‘’’ by ‘’’mono-complete’’’