Chilkat Mono Library

for Linux, Windows, and MacOS

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v10.0.0 • 29-Sep-2024 • sha256: 914ec906986f6bf4c743a846f1c44e3263628004ad7fa1b54485eb525ac170d4
Chilkat Class Library for Mono

Install Instructions

  1. Download and unzip to any directory. The unzipped directory structure is shown here:

  2. The chilkatCs directory contains the C# source files for the Chilkat classes. These use the standard P/Invoke to call into a native library containing the implementation. Native shared libraries for Windows, Linux, and MacOS are provided.
  3. On Windows, open a Mono Command Prompt. On Linux or MacOS, start a terminal. Navigate to the chilkatMono directory.
  4. On Linux and MacOS, make sure the bash shell scripts (.sh) files have execute permission:
    5. chmod a+x *.sh
  5. (Optional) If desired, generate a new Strong Key by running createSnk.sh (or createSnk.bat on Windows). This script contains the following command:
    6. sn -k chilkat.snk
  6. Create the Chilkat Mono managed assembly (chilkatMono.dll) by running makeChilkat.sh (or makeChilkat.bat on Windows). This script contains the following command:
    7. csc -keyfile:chilkat.snk -target:library -out:chilkatMono.dll chilkatCs/*.cs
  7. Copy the native shared library that matches your system's architecture to the chilkatMono directory (i.e. the same directory where chilkatMono.dll that was just created is located). For example, if running on 64-bit Linux:
    8. cp nativeDll/linux/x64/libchilkatMono.so .
  8. Build the chilkatTest.cs sample program by running makeTest.sh (or makeTest.bat on Windows). This script contains the following command:
    9. csc -lib:. -r:chilkatMono.dll chilkatTest.cs
  9. The sample program can be run. For example:
    10. (on Windows)
./chilkatTest.exe

(on Linux, MacOS, etc.)
mono chilkatTest.exe

Sample Script for Install/Testing on 64-bit Linux

Note: The download URL is for v9.5.0.76. At the time of this writing, it was the latest version of Chilkat.

#!/bin/bash -ef

curl "https://chilkatdownload.com/10.0.0/chilkatmono.zip" -o "chilkatMono.zip"
unzip chilkatMono.zip
cd chilkatMono
sn -k chilkat.snk
csc -keyfile:chilkat.snk -target:library -out:chilkatMono.dll chilkatCs/*.cs
cp nativeDll/linux/x64/libchilkatMono.so .
csc -lib:. -r:chilkatMono.dll chilkatTest.cs
mono chilkatTest.exe
cd ..

Sample Script for Install/Testing on MacOS

#!/bin/bash -ef

curl "https://chilkatdownload.com/10.0.0/chilkatmono.zip" -o "chilkatMono.zip"
unzip chilkatMono.zip
cd chilkatMono
sn -k chilkat.snk
csc -keyfile:chilkat.snk -target:library -out:chilkatMono.dll chilkatCs/*.cs
cp nativeDll/mac/libchilkatMono.dylib .
csc -lib:. -r:chilkatMono.dll chilkatTest.cs
mono chilkatTest.exe
cd ..