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I create some CSOM function by Visual studio 2015 and want to run in Linux server. How to do it?

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  • CSOM is written in C# code (.Net framework) and will not execute on Linux – Robert Lindgren Jul 21 '16 at 08:04
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    Robert, .NET framework is available on Linux through Mono project. It has been around for a while now and it is a Microsoft-supported open source implementation of .NET. And the official .NET framework is going open source, so if not yet, it will be available on Linux. – Paul Strupeikis Jul 21 '16 at 08:11
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    True, but I'm not convinced that all dependencies that CSOM needs are implemented in Mono? @PaulStrupeikis, or am I just to sceptical? ;) – Robert Lindgren Jul 21 '16 at 08:29
  • @RobertLindgren One should be, but it may just work: http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/compatibility/ – Benny Skogberg Jul 21 '16 at 08:33

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Back in 2013 Stephane Cordonnier posted Possible to use .NET 4.0 assembly with Xamarin.iOS and Mono 3.0.x ? with the error message as follows:

It's an assembly created by Microsoft (SharePoint 2013 Client Side Object Model) and it requires .NET 4.0 to work.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35585

When I try to use it on my Xamarin.iOS project, I receive the following error :

Error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type System.Uri [System,
Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e]' to
System.Uri [System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]'

Since then, the Mono Project have evolved and do support .NET 4.5:

The easiest way to describe what Mono currently supports is: Everything in .NET 4.5 except WPF, WWF, and with limited WCF and limited ASP.NET 4.5 async stack.

And CSOM uses WCF as stated in Using the Client Object Model

The CSOM uses a set of specialized Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services to communicate with the SharePoint server

The only way to know is to test, so download the Mono Project on your Linux instance and give it a try. It really depends on which part of WCF the Mono Project have implemented. I'm sure It'll work if not today, but in the near future...

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