F# for Mono under Ubuntu ======================== This is how you do it: 1) install mono and some extra libraries sudo aptitude install mono-devel mono-gac mono-2.0-devel libmono-system-runtime2.0-cil libmono-winforms2.0-cil 2) download F# version (zip file) for mono at http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/projects/fsharp/ 3) extract the F# zip file 4) download http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/source/trunk/mcs/class/mono.snk into the extracted FSharp-* directory 5) run the install script cd FSharp* sudo sh install-mono.sh 6) mark F# tools executable cd bin chmod +x *.exe 7) optionally you can add the F# bin directory to your $PATH Important files: bin/fsc.exe is the F# compiler bin/fsi.exe is the F# interpreter