install-mono-on-docker-container.sh

apt-get install -y wget build-essential gettext autoconf automake libtool

MONO_VERSION=3.4.0

wget http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/mono-${MONO_VERSION}.tar.bz2
bunzip2 -df mono-${MONO_VERSION}.tar.bz2
tar -xf mono-${MONO_VERSION}.tar

cd mono-${MONO_VERSION}

cat > mcs/tools/xbuild/targets/Microsoft.Portable.Common.targets <<END
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
    <Import Project="..\Microsoft.Portable.Core.props" />
    <Import Project="..\Microsoft.Portable.Core.targets" />
</Project>
END

./configure --prefix=/usr/local; make; make install

rm -rf /tmp/*
apt-get remove --purge wget build-essential gettext autoconf automake libtool

When building 3.4.0 on Linux, the mono 3.4 archive miss a file "Microsoft.Portable.Common.targets" at path mcs/tools/xbuild/targets/

<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="..\Microsoft.Portable.Core.props" />
<Import Project="..\Microsoft.Portable.Core.targets" />
</Project>