====== WComp on Linux ======

{{:public_namespace:linux.png?100|}} As on any Linux platform, WComp needs Mono to execute C# code. The phidget packages' repository contains Mono, so we will install this in order to use WComp.

===== Install Mono on Linux =====

If there is not specific describied procedure to install mono (for embedded distribution for example), installing mono on Linux is very simple. You juste have to ensure that you are using a quite recent release of Mono in order to be able to use WComp.

Use the following command on Debian and Ubuntu to install a complete distribution of mono (around 200Mo of frees pace should be available on your harddrive).
<code>
sudo apt-get install mono-complete
</code>

===== Install WComp on Linux =====

To install WComp, you juste have to unzip ''SharpWCompContainerMonoLinux.zip'' where you want, to be able to us it. To be able to get WComp for Linux, you can [[contact_us|contact us]]. We do not deliver Linux over the Web.

===== Use WComp on Linux =====

To use WComp on Linux, you just have to launch the WComp mono program (Container.exe) with the right options to use it.

<code>
mono ContainerMonoLinux.exe -h
Usage:  Container.exe [-h] [-n container_name] [-r beans_repository_path] [-l wcc_file] [-p port]
</code>

Here is an example on how to launch WComp Container on Linux.
<code>
cd SharpWCompContainerMonoLinux
mono ContainerMonoLinux.exe –r Beans –l pathToFile.wcc –n nameOfUPnPDeviceToCreate –p 55555
</code>