MonoKickstart

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This is MonoKickstart, a standalone Mono "kick" application to run C# programs on GNU/Linux and Mac OSX without depending on a system installation of Mono.

License

kick.c is released under the zlib license. See LICENSE for details.

binreloc is released under the WTFPL license. See binreloc.LICENSE for details.

About MonoKickstart

Originally developed by Edward Rudd for Bastion, MonoKickstart is a reworking of the stock generated kickstart code from Mono to easily run C# applications on *nix platforms. Mac OSX support was added in 2013 for MonoGame-SDL2 titles.

About the precompiled/ Folder

We have provided a precompiled MonoKickstart application for you to use in your programs. Included are kick binaries and libmono binaries for Mac OSX and Linux (both x86 and x86_64, OSX uses Universal Binaries). We have also provided the C# assemblies needed by MonoGame as well as a "./Kick" script to automatically choose the right binary for the operating system and architecture.

To use the precompiled MonoKickstart, simply rename the kick.bin.* binaries to the name of your .exe assembly (for instance, MyGame.bin.x86 starts MyGame.exe). Additionally, modify "Kick" to run those newly named kick binaries rather than the generic "kick" name. The name of "Kick" itself can be whatever you like.

If you wish to use additional shared libraries (for instance, libSDL2), simply add the library to the architecture's lib folder:

Linux (32-bit): lib/ Linux (64-bit): lib64/ Mac OSX (Universal): osx/

Building for OSX

For OSX we need Universal binaries. By default the make command from SDL will only build 64 bit. The following commands should be used to generate a universal binary

''' ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking make CXXFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" '''