How To Install Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install mono-xbuild

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install mono-xbuild

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mono-xbuild

Install Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll on CentOS 8 using yum

Because Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mono-xbuild

How to upgrade (update) a single package Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll in this example you should use the following command:

yum update mono-xbuild

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade mono-xbuild

How to Upgrade Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update mono-xbuild

How To remove Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove mono-xbuild

Extra info and code examples

Mono is a platform for running and developing applications based on the ECMA/ISO Standards. Mono is an open source effort led by Xamarin. Mono provides a complete CLR (Common Language Runtime) including compiler and runtime, which can produce and execute CIL (Common Intermediate Language) bytecode (aka assemblies), and a class library. This package contains various development tools and pulls in the default development stack for Mono (which is 4.0 currently).

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the Mono.XBuild.Tasks.dll from CentOS 8.

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