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- Mono(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux
- -----------------------------------------
- To configure Linux to automatically execute Mono-based .NET binaries
- (in the form of .exe files) without the need to use the mono CLR
- wrapper, you can use the BINFMT_MISC kernel support.
- This will allow you to execute Mono-based .NET binaries just like any
- other program after you have done the following:
- 1) You MUST FIRST install the Mono CLR support, either by downloading
- a binary package, a source tarball or by installing from CVS. Binary
- packages for several distributions can be found at:
- http://go-mono.com/download.html
- Instructions for compiling Mono can be found at:
- http://www.go-mono.com/compiling.html
- Once the Mono CLR support has been installed, just check that
- /usr/bin/mono (which could be located elsewhere, for example
- /usr/local/bin/mono) is working.
- 2) You have to compile BINFMT_MISC either as a module or into
- the kernel (CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC) and set it up properly.
- If you choose to compile it as a module, you will have
- to insert it manually with modprobe/insmod, as kmod
- cannot be easily supported with binfmt_misc.
- Read the file 'binfmt_misc.txt' in this directory to know
- more about the configuration process.
- 3) Add the following entries to /etc/rc.local or similar script
- to be run at system startup:
- # Insert BINFMT_MISC module into the kernel
- if [ ! -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then
- /sbin/modprobe binfmt_misc
- # Some distributions, like Fedora Core, perform
- # the following command automatically when the
- # binfmt_misc module is loaded into the kernel.
- # Thus, it is possible that the following line
- # is not needed at all. Look at /etc/modprobe.conf
- # to check whether this is applicable or not.
- mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
- fi
- # Register support for .NET CLR binaries
- if [ -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then
- # Replace /usr/bin/mono with the correct pathname to
- # the Mono CLR runtime (usually /usr/local/bin/mono
- # when compiling from sources or CVS).
- echo ':CLR:M::MZ::/usr/bin/mono:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
- else
- echo "No binfmt_misc support"
- exit 1
- fi
- 4) Check that .exe binaries can be ran without the need of a
- wrapper script, simply by launching the .exe file directly
- from a command prompt, for example:
- /usr/bin/xsd.exe
- NOTE: If this fails with a permission denied error, check
- that the .exe file has execute permissions.
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