CentOS 5.2 Build Instructions

The following process worked for me, please feel free to improve it as it may not be the best way :)

NB In progress do not follow these instructions yet!!

From a fresh install:

 # yum update
 # yum install subversion ruby

To get Mono 1.9.1 I added the Mono.repo file in the /etc/yum.repo.d/ directory:

 # sudo su -
 # cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
 # wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Mono/RHEL_5/Mono.repo

I then installed mono

 # yum install mono nant libgdiplus

So far so good, mono -V shows 1.9.1 has installed :)

Ok, now to install mono 2.0.1

 # yum install swig autoconf gawk bison gcc

Build and install mono 2.0.1

 # wget http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/sources/mono/mono-2.0.1.tar.bz2
 # tar xf mono-2.0.1.tar.bz2
 # cd mono-2.0.1
 # ./configure --with-libgdiplus=yes
 # make (chuckled at the "Function Emit Trampolines bit)
 # make install