#Monogame for xamarin studio install#
The community install is a complete and full functioning version of Visual Studio, but with some limitations on the size of your company.Īs of time of writing, this is the version you want. If you want to talk a walk on the wild side, the release candidate of Visual Studio 2015 will also work. Of course, it’s a release candidate… so buyer beware. Installing either with the minimal recommendations or better will get you all that you need installed.
#Monogame for xamarin studio download#
Be sure to shut down Visual Studio before installing.Ĭlick Next, then agree to the EULA… after you read it and submit it to your lawyer for approval of course… Install using the Installerīy far the easiest option, simply download and run the installer available here. The defaults are pretty solid, click Install: Install using NuGet Next you will be prompted for the features you want installed. Visual Studio integrates a package manager called NuGet. If it depends on other libraries, NuGet can handle those dependencies This offers a few (potential) benefits over using the library’s standalone installer. Keep yourself up to date easierĪctually, that’s about it. Basically if you want to be kept up to date on updates, this is the route to go. The install process is certainly more complicated though, at least initially.įirst of course you need the NuGet package manager installed. It’s getting more and more common in use, so you will probably have it installed or need it installed shortly. It is available as a Visual Studio extension or command line utility. Once configured, select the menu Tools->NuGet Package Manager->Package Manager Console: To install with NuGet, Launch Visual Studio, on first run you may have to make some configuration choices, don’t worry, most of these can be revisited later on. Now you simply install the packages you want. Unlike the installer you download the various packages independently. To install that in the Package Manager Console type: Assuming you are going to develop initially on Windows, you probably want to start with the DirectX Windows version. This will download and install all the required files and dependencies. For more details on the MonoGame NuGet packages please read this post on StackOverflow by the maintainer.
Now that you’ve got MonoGame installed let’s create our first project.
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