Whether you need it will depend on which runtime is enabled by default in your Mono installation. This can vary by system.
Also, you may need a fairly recent version of Mono to run NuGet; there was a bug in Mono that prevented NuGet from running, which was fixed only a few months ago.
mono --runtime=v4.0 NuGet.exe
You can also create a NuGet.exe.config file (put it in the same directory as NuGet.exe) to the same effect:
Whether you need it will depend on which runtime is enabled by default in your Mono installation. This can vary by system.Also, you may need a fairly recent version of Mono to run NuGet; there was a bug in Mono that prevented NuGet from running, which was fixed only a few months ago.