Creating a Mono 3 RPM on CentOS

Creating a Mono 3 RPM on CentOS

A quick guide to creating an rpm of mono 3 from source, starting with a CentOS 6.4 minimal using fpm to create the package.

1. Install prerequisites for building mono 3

   yum -y update
   yum -y install glib2-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-devel giflib-devel libtiff-devel libexif-devel libX11-devel fontconfig-devel gettext make gcc-c++
   

2. Download and extract libgdiplus and mono sources

   curl -O http://download.mono-project.com/sources/libgdiplus/libgdiplus-2.10.9.tar.bz2
   curl -O http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/mono-3.1.2.tar.bz2
   tar -jxf libgdiplus-2.10.9.tar.bz2
   tar -jxf mono-3.1.2.tar.bz2
   

3. Configure, make, and make install

   cd libgdiplus-2.10.9
   ./configure --prefix=/opt/libgdiplus
   # overwrite incompatible libtool script in pixman
   cp libtool pixman/libtool
   make
   su -c "make install"
   
   cd mono-3.1.2
   ./configure --prefix=/opt/mono-3.1.2
   make
   su -c "make install"
   

4. Install ruby prerequisites for fpm, then fpm itself

   yum -y install ruby ruby-devel rubygems
   gem install fpm
   

5. Make sure /etc/hosts contains your host name since it will be used in some fpm defaults.

   vi /etc/hosts
   

6. Install rpm tools and generate the RPM

   yum -y install rpm-build
   fpm -s dir -t rpm -n "mono" -v 3.1.2 /opt/mono-3.1.2 /opt/libdgiplus
   

You probably will want to explore some other fpm options to customize your rpm further, like setting the maintainer, dependencies, or running pre/post install scripts.