CS Script on Linux

Dependency

CS-Script requires Mono v5.0.1 or higher. Note that since Mono is hosted on the custom package repository it's not included into cs-scrip[t package as a dependency and you wil be required to install it manually with 'sudo apt-get install mono-complete'. See http://www.mono-project.com/download for details.

Downloadable Package installation (Ubuntu)

• Download the latest package (cs-script_<max_ver>.deb) from the cs-script/bin/linux/ubuntu/ GitHub folder.

• Install the package either by double-clicking the *.deb file or with 'sodo dpkg -i cs-script_*.deb'.

Note, CS-Script has a built-in update functionality. You can always check for updated and update CS-Script by using -update switch:

Updating to the latest version:

sudo cscs -update

Checking for updates:

cscs -update -check

Apt-get installation

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Manual installation

• Ensure you have Mono v5.0.1 or higher.

• Copy binaries (cscs.exe, CSSRoslynProvider.dll) into /usr/lib/cs-script/bin (or /usr/local/lib/cs-script/bin). The binaries are available from the following GitHub locations:
  https://github.com/oleg-shilo/cs-script.vscode/blob/master/bin/CSSRoslynProvider.dll
  https://github.com/oleg-shilo/cs-script.vscode/blob/master/bin/cscs.exe

• Add execute permissionto the script engine exectable:

  sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/cs-script/bin/cscs.exe
  

• Create symlink to the script engine file:

  sudo ln -s /usr/lib/cs-script/bin/cscs.exe /usr/bin/cscs
  

• Enable Roslyn:

  sudo cscs -config:set:roslyn
  

The following is a few useful configuration settings for CS-Script on Linux.

sudo cscs -config:set:DefaultRefAssemblies=add:"System.ValueTuple.dll"
sudo cscs -config:set:SearchDirs=add:%MONO%/4.5/Facades