---
layout: releasenotes
title: Mono 1.0.2 Release Notes
version: 1.0.2
releasedate: '2004-09-21'
---

For detailed information about Mono, please see the [Mono 1.0](http://www.go-mono.com/archive/1.0/) release notes.

Mono 1.0.2 is a maintenance release release for the 1.0 series of the Mono runtime. The Mono 1.0.xx series is the edition of stable releases of the Mono runtime.

Installing Mono 1.0.2
---------------------

**Binary Packages:**

Pre-compiled packages for SUSE 9, SUSE 9.1, Red Hat 9, SLES 8, Fedora Core 1, Fedora Core 2 and MacOS X are available from our web site from the [download](http://www.mono-project.com/download/) section. A Red Carpet Mono channel is also available on these platforms.

**Source code:**

-   [Mono runtime](http://www.go-mono.com/archive/1.0.2/mono-1.0.2.tar.gz)
-   [MCS (Mono C# compiler)](http://www.go-mono.com/archive/1.0.2/mcs-1.0.2.tar.gz)
-   [libgdiplus](http://www.go-mono.com/archive/1.0.2/libgdiplus-1.0.2.tar.gz)
-   [XSP web server](http://www.go-mono.com/archive/1.0.2/xsp-1.0.2.tar.gz)
-   [Apache module](http://www.go-mono.com/archive/1.0.2/mod_mono-1.0.2.tar.gz)

**Dependencies**

If you are installing from source code, there are a few optional dependencies that you will want to consider installing.

- **icu 2.6.1 or later** Optional: for supporting string collation.
- **Cairo 0.1.23** Required to install libgdiplus.

**Quick source code installation:**

If we have no packages for your platform, installing from source code is very simple.

mono:

``` shell
tar xzf mono-1.0.2.tar.gz
cd mono-1.0.2
./configure
make install
```

**Optional Packages**

Libgdiplus is an optional packages, you only need those if you intent to use System.Drawing or Windows.Forms.

libgdiplus:

``` shell
tar xzf libgdiplus-1.0.2.tar.gz
cd libgdiplus-1.0.2
./configure
make install
```

Changes since the Mono 1.0.1 release
------------------------------------

The following is a description of the changes and bug fixes since the Mono 1.0.1 release. For changes from 1.0 to 1.0.1 see [Mono 1.0.1 release notes](http://www.go-mono.com/archive/1.0.1/).

This release continues to improve the reliability of XSP and ASP.NET as a result of using this on the main Mono web site.

Some small performance improvements have been back ported from the development release of Mono, but this is mostly purely a bug fix and stability release.