.NET on Panther

Six steps to installing a C# compiler on OS X 10.3, using Rotor.

1. Download the SSCLI from Microsoft

wget http://download.microsoft.com/download/.netframesdk/CLI3/1.0/WXP/EN-US/sscli_20021101.tgz
tar xfz sscli_20021101.tgz
cd sscli

2. Download the patches for Panther in the same directory

wget http://www.mondrian-script.org/rotor/panther_mark2_diffs.txt.gz
gunzip panther_mark2_diffs.txt.gz

3. Apply the patches

patch -p1 < panther_mark2_diffs.txt

4. Set environment variables

source env.csh (CSH or TCSH) source env.sh (BASH)

4. Compile (took just over an hour for me)

./buildall

5. Set environment variables again (I'm not sure why I had to do this)

source env.csh (CSH or TCSH) source env.sh (BASH)

6. Try the samples

cd samples/hello
csc hello.cs
clix hello.exe

7. Read readfirst.html in the root of your installation

I haven't tried installing Mono or Portable .NET on Panther; do let me know if you have.