There is no installer available for installing the Connector/Net component on your Unix installation. Before installing, ensure that you have a working Mono project installation. To test whether your system has Mono installed, enter:
shell> mono --version
The version of the Mono JIT compiler is displayed.
To compile C# source code, make sure a Mono C# compiler is
installed. Note that there are two Mono C# compilers available,
mcs, which accesses the 1.0-profile libraries,
and gmcs, which accesses the 2.0-profile
libraries.
To install Connector/Net on Unix/Mono:
Download the
mysql-connector-net-
and extract the contents to a directory of your choice, for
example: version-noinstall.zip~/connector-net/.
In the directory where you unzipped the connector to, change
into the bin subdirectory. Ensure the
file MySql.Data.dll is present. This
filename is case-sensitive.
You must register the Connector/Net component,
MySql.Data, in the Global Assembly Cache
(GAC). In the current directory enter the
gacutil command:
root-shell> gacutil /i MySql.Data.dll
This will register MySql.Data into the GAC.
You can check this by listing the contents of
/usr/lib/mono/gac, where you will find
MySql.Data if the registration has been
successful.
You are now ready to compile your application. You must ensure
that when you compile your application you include the
Connector/Net component using the -r:
command-line option. For example:
shell> gmcs -r:System.dll -r:System.Data.dll -r:MySql.Data.dll HelloWorld.cs
Note, the assemblies that are referenced depend on the
requirements of the application, but applications using
Connector/Net must provide -r:MySql.Data as a
minimum.
You can further check your installation by running the compiled program, for example:
shell> mono HelloWorld.exe