Add testing repo
echo “deb http://YOUR_CLOSEST_MIRROR/debian/ wheezy main” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/testing.list
Put
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-priority: 200
into /etc/apt/preferences
Update
apt-get update
Now install
apt-get install -t testing mono-complete
You may need to tweak commands for the correct versions of Fisheye you have. Mine were as follows…
1. Backup fisheye using built-in backup feature
2. Shutdown fisheye
./fecru-2.5.2/bin/stop.sh
3. Create new directories
mkdir -p /opt/fisheye/data
3. Create a user for fisheye
groupadd -g 5000 fisheye useradd -g fisheye -u 5000 fisheye -d /opt/fisheye -m
4. Move your fisheye installation
mv fecru-2.5.2 /opt/fisheye/
5. Separate out data files
cd /opt/fisheye cp fecru-2.5.2/config.xml data/ cp -r fecru-2.5.2/var data/ cp -r fecru-2.5.2/cache data/
6. Download latest version
wget http://www.atlassian.com/software/fisheye/downloads/binary/fisheye-2.5.5.zip unzip fisheye-2.5.5.zip ln -s fecru-2.5.5 current
The ln command is used so the init.d script doesn’t need to be changed after an upgrade.
7. Install init script
wget http://patrick.qmtech.net/downloads/fisheye mv fisheye /etc/init.d/ chmod +x /etc/init.d/fisheye update-rc.d fisheye defaults
8. Make sure file permissions are right
chown -R fisheye:fisheye .
9. Start it up [and watch the log to check for errors]
/etc/init.d/fisheye start tail -f current/var/log/fisheye.out
Crtl+C to break out of tail
So now the following should apply…
I have updated by popular 2.6/2.8 script to support mono 2.10. Get it while it’s hot!
https://github.com/firegrass/mono-installer-script
Usage: mono_build.sh [-v version] [-p prefix] [-m gitmodules] [-i] [-s] [-t]
Command line options
-v specify version of mono
-p specify prefix to install
-m specify git modules to build [ libgdiplus llvm mono gtk-sharp xsp mod_mono mono-basic
mono-addins gtkmozembed-sharp webkit-sharp gluezilla gnome-sharp gnome-desktop-sharp
mono-tools debugger monodevelop]
-i Interactive mode, pause between each modules make and make install. Allows skipping of modules
-u Do not update source code, just build
-b Do not build, just update source code
-c Clean git before building
Example
mono_build.sh -v 2.6 -p ~/mono -m libgdiplus mono gtk-sharp mono-tools
Improvements
Download here http://github.com/firegrass/mono-installer-script/raw/master/mono_parallel.sh
And run…
chmod +x mono_parallel.sh
./mono_parallel.sh 2.6
./mono_parallel.sh trunk
Free feel to fork and improve at github…
http://github.com/firegrass/mono-installer-script
Things I’d like it to do
I have released an updated version which supports mono 2.10 (and previous versions) updated post version
UPDATE: I have released an updated version which uses new git repos here
This is a simple work in progress to make the process a bit easier. There are many good reasons not to follow various scripts on the internet that install mono over the top of your packaged distribution install. The fact the Mono 2.6 isn’t released yet is an overriding one because any application depending on mono might stop working, Banshee, Tomboy, F-Spot, etc
At the moment this scripts only supports Mono 2.6 branch + Ubuntu 9.10, see the TODOs! It will install mono into /opt/mono-2.6 and checkout & build in ~/mono-src/mono-2.6. Run it again to update your working copy and rebuild/install.
Please let me know if you like/hate/improve the script 
Download script here http://patrick.qmtech.net/downloads/mono_parallel.sh
You will need these packages installed: build-essential automake libtool gettext mono-devel mono-1.0-devel subversion libpng-dev libtiff-dev libgif-dev libjpeg-dev libexif-dev autoconf automake bison flex libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev
If you’re looking for more than a DIY script my company QMTech offers commercial support for mono, please contact info@qmtech.net / +44 (0) 161 660 2690 for details.
UPDATE (Thanks Ben): If you’re doing this on a server (no Firefox) you will also need to install: libxul-dev
UPDATE (7/FEB/10): Updated the package requirements
UPDATE (4/MAR/10): Updated the package requirements (added mono-1.0-devel, libcairo2-dev)
UPDATE (20/MAR/10): reworded to reference 2.6 branch not specific 2.6.1
Firstly a quick introduction since this is my first aggregator post, I’m Patrick McEvoy (firegrass). I’ve been using Castle for just over three years, and been working with mono and castle for around two years. It’s this mono/castle relationship that I will be mainly posting about.
Many of you might be wondering, where are we with Mono and Castle?
These days Mono and Castle work fine together, I use Castle and Mono web stacks in production environments. While there are some issues to be aware of they’re steadily getting ironed out and it’s nothing you can’t live with. Just ask on the Castle mailing lists.
What are we doing?
With the help of the Linux/Mono TeamCity agent, great efforts are being made to get all Castle tests passing on Mono. Failing tests range from simple mismatching line endings to real complex problems, so it’s gonna take some time.
Where are we going?
To increase Castle usage in the Linux world we need to package Castle for various Linux distros. I am only experienced in packaging for Debian/Ubuntu so I’ll only talk about that. Some of you may or may not know that all Debian packages are built from source and no binaries can be included in a source package. Therefore all dependencies must be packaged first before we can get anywhere near doing Castle. With the recent changes to release schedules and project separation this has been made a lot easier, as we can start with something easier like DP.
I am currently finishing off the debian Nant package upgrade to 0.86-beta, here’s a preview nant_0.86-beta1+dfsg_all.deb. This is needed as 0.85 won’t build Castle because it doesn’t have a mono-3.5 target.
If anyone wants to help just get in touch! That’s it for now!
Finally got round to getting my blog back online after Krzysztof was asking if I blogged for the Castle aggregator. I hope to posting a lot about using Castle project on mono, and the progress of packaging Castle for debian. As well as doing this work for commercial interest I also help run Clubhouse, which recently clocked over 300k page views with Castle/mono/mod_mono_apache.