Created a working snap - allows installation on all Linux distros supporting snapd

.github/workflows/test-snap-can-build.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: 🧪 Snap Builds
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: '*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: '*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [20.x]    
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: snapcore/action-build@v1
+        id: build
+
+      - uses: anchore/scan-action@v6
+        id: scan            
+
+      - uses: diddlesnaps/snapcraft-review-action@v1
+        with:
+          snap: ${{ steps.build.outputs.snap }}
+          isClassic: 'false'
+          # Plugs and Slots declarations to override default denial (requires store assertion to publish)
+          # plugs: ./plug-declaration.json
+          # slots: ./slot-declaration.json

README.md

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Join us on [Discord](https://aka.ms/dotnet-discord) in the `#monovm` channel:
 
 Public CI: [![Azure Pipelines](https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_apis/build/status/mono/mono-ci?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_build/latest?definitionId=952&branchName=main)
 
+[![🧪 Snap Builds](https://github.com/kz6fittycent/mono/actions/workflows/test-snap-can-build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/kz6fittycent/mono/actions/workflows/test-snap-can-build.yml)
+
 Legacy Jenkins CI (no longer available publicly):
 
 | OS           | Architecture       | Status                       |
@@ -133,6 +135,15 @@ You can verify your installation by using the mono-test-install
 script, it can diagnose some common problems with Mono's install.
 Failure to follow these steps may result in a broken installation. 
 
+
+[![mono](https://snapcraft.io//mono/badge.svg)](https://snapcraft.io/mono)
+
+Install the Snap:
+-----------------
+
+    sudo snap install mono
+
+
 Using Mono
 ==========
 

snap/snapcraft.yaml

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+name: mono
+adopt-info: mono
+summary: Mono is a software platform
+description: |
+  Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily create cross platform applications. It is an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime.
+license: MIT
+base: core20
+grade: stable
+confinement: strict
+
+apps:
+  mono:
+    command: usr/bin/mono
+    plugs:
+      - home
+
+parts:
+  mono:
+    source: https://github.com/mono/mono
+    source-type: git
+    plugin: autotools
+    autotools-configure-parameters:
+      - --prefix=/usr/   
+    build-packages:
+      - autoconf 
+      - libtool-bin
+      - build-essential 
+      - gettext 
+      - cmake 
+      - python3 
+      - curl
+
+    override-pull: |
+      snapcraftctl pull
+      snapcraftctl set-version "$(git describe --tags | sed 's/^v//' | cut -d "-" -f1)"