C#, how to install compiler, etc.?

[lugoteehalt]

Sorry to be completely thick and so on, but I cannot, at all, work out how to get in the stuff needed to program in C#. Cannot even work out what is needed.

Presumably a compiler and something like that unintelligible Windows GUI are needed. This sort of question tends not to get answered perhaps, but could someone vaughly walk me through the steps? Even if I find something that looks a possiblility clicking the download link just gives a list of files with no obvious way of knowing which ones are needed.

:confused:

Thanks any help.

[mrrangerman43]

Open up your distro's package manager and do a search for mono C# 2.0 compiler.

EDIT: Debian base systems would be apt-get for the command line and Synaptic for a gui.

Red hat systems would be yum.

Suse would be Yast.

[bwkaz]

And if you want a decent GUI, grab Gtk# (or gtk-sharp, or GtkSharp, etc., etc.). I think you can get winforms to work with wine, but what's the point of using a dumb UI? :p

[lugoteehalt]

Great thanks mrrangerman43 and bwkaz. I'll try both suggestions.

[goon12]

I have had no problems using this: http://www.mono-project.com/InstallerInstructions

-goon12

P.S - I am using Slackware 10.2 (still).

[lugoteehalt]

Thanks.

I installed a load of pnet stuff, on Debian Sarge, and can now compile with cscc and run with ?lirun. Now all I need is an understandable C# tutorial.

[webwolf]

those can be found at FreeProgrammingResources (http://www.freeprogrammingresources.com)

webwolf