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Table of Contents Introduction Download and install Prepare TortoiseGit Cloning MonoGame

Introduction

This page lists the requirements for creating a MonoGame project. These steps were created while installing on a Windows 7 machine so they may differ if you are using a different OS.

Download and install

1. Install Mono: http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
   1. Click the "Download" link
   2. Select your operating system under "Long-term Supported Version"
   3. Select the specific download. On Windows, select "Mono for Windows, Gtk#, and XSP"
2. Install OpenTK: http://www.opentk.com/
3. Install MonoDevelop: http://monodevelop.com/
   1. The website for MonoDevelop will mention that you need GTK. If you installed Mono, you will have GTK
4. Install msysgit (this must be done before installing TortoiseGit on Windows): http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/
   1. You will want to download the "Net installer" or "Full installer" for msysgit. For example, "msysGit-fullinstall-1.7.4-preview20110204.exe"
5. Install TortoiseGit: http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/

Prepare TortoiseGit

1. Right-click on the desktop or any explorer window and select "TortoiseGit->Settings"
2. You may get a popup that says "MSysGit(http://code.google.com/p/msysgit) have not installed Correctly...". If so, click "Yes"
3. Verify the "General" category is selected
4. Browse to find the "Git.exe Path:". It should be in C:\msysgit\bin. If you repeat the steps above to open the Settings dialog from the desktop or an explorer window, you should no longer see the popup.

Cloning MonoGame

The next step is to "Clone" MonoGame. If you've used Subversion before (or TortoiseSVN) then this is similar to doing a "SVN Checkout"

1. Create an empty folder
2. Right-click on the folder
3. Select "Git Clone..."
4. Enter the URL from the front page, which should be https://github.com/mono/MonoGame.git
5. Leave every thing else as-is in the "Git clone" dialog that appears

The MonoGame source will begin to download to your computer.