I have a few console apps that I want to run on a dedicated box. However, I have no interest in purchasing a windows license.
Is there anything special I have to do after compiling the code to run on linux mint?
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I have a few console apps that I want to run on a dedicated box. However, I have no interest in purchasing a windows license.
Is there anything special I have to do after compiling the code to run on linux mint?
Normally, you’d install mono
The most popular package for developers seems to be
With existing console applications, there will be no need to recompile (.NET is platform indepent, remember?). However, there could be slight incompatibilities to missing support for very specific Microsoft Class libraries (think of WPF, till recently Message Queues, some Winforms Stuff and obvious Interop (P/Invokes of native libraries).
Use the Moma tool to scan for such incompatibilities, and you’ll get a nice overview of things that might cause a problem.