MonoDevelop 1.0 is out!

**The Fiddler** · March 16th, 2008

Is it really a good idea to install the updated versions in /usr? Several guides mentioned you should install to /usr/local - not entirely sure why, but it seems it has something to do with keeping the ability to make dist-upgrade in the future.

I more or less followed the steps above, but rebuilt everything from source (completely removed mono through apt-get first). I followed the steps outlined here, but used the latest packages available from mono-project.com.

It looks like Monodevelop 1.0 needs GTK# 2.10.x and will not work with GTK# 2.8.x (keep this in mind if you get errors compiling). It also looks like monodoc compilation is braindead: you'll have to copy the mcs/ folder from mono-1.9/ into monodoc/, else it will not build.

These are the steps I followed for each package:

Code:

$ tar -xvf [package-name]
$ cd [package-name]
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd ..

I built the packages in the following order:

Code:

1. libgdiplus
2. mono
3. mono-addins
4. gtk-sharp
5. gtksourceview-sharp
6. monodoc
7. monodevelop

GDI+ needs libtiff4, libpng12, libgif and libjpeg. Mono (step 2) relies on bison. Packages 4 and 5 have native dependencies (gtk and gtksourceview respectively), so make sure you apt-get those.

If anything fails while compiling, make sure you are using the latest packages everywhere, and check ./configure for missing dependencies.

Unfortunately, after building and installing everything I wasn't able to launch Monodevelop:
"MonoDevelop failed to start. The following error has been reported: The required addin 'MonoDevelop.SourceEditor,1.0.0' is not installed."

It looks like this error has to do with old versions lying around, but I haven't been able to find a solution yet.

Any ideas?

**Mr. Picklesworth** · March 16th, 2008

Ooops, good point. Thanks, Mr Fiddler.
Indeed, /usr/local would be the sensible place.

Weird that it's working for me. Granted, my Ubuntu installation has enough applications from outside repos to sink a ship. (It will be interesting to see how the upgrade holds up).

**rickatnight11** · March 19th, 2008

You guides have been great. Everything builds just fine except for monodevelop 1.0. It says that mono-addins wasn't found, but I know I built and installed it with the commands you listed above.

**mikalh** · March 19th, 2008

Originally Posted by The Fiddler

Is it really a good idea to install the updated versions in /usr? Several guides mentioned you should install to /usr/local - not entirely sure why, but it seems it has something to do with keeping the ability to make dist-upgrade in the future.

It's fine to install MonoDevelop in /usr/local. and indeed /usr/local is generally where you should install things you build yourself. However, you're likely to run into weird Mono problems if you have a Mono in /usr/local and a Mono in /usr. And if you install directly into /usr, you mayl run into problems when the package manager upgrades things.

http://mjhutchinson.com/journal/2007...not_break_mono

A better bet might be to get the Debian packages (when they're available), tweak the dependency version, and build them on Ubuntu. Until then, i'd recommend a parallel install.

**HDave** · March 25th, 2008

Have any of you gotten all the way through getting mono 1.9 and monodevelop 1.0 up and running on Gutsy?

I'm a mono newbie and could really use a step by step guide. I was going to download the source and compile, but there are over 25 source packages on the mono web site...Yikes!!

http://go-mono.com/sources-stable/

**Tagallo** · March 25th, 2008

Originally Posted by HDave

Have any of you gotten all the way through getting mono 1.9 and monodevelop 1.0 up and running on Gutsy?

I'm a mono newbie and could really use a step by step guide. I was going to download the source and compile, but there are over 25 source packages on the mono web site...Yikes!!

http://go-mono.com/sources-stable/

Me too...

I wanna try mono, but the version in repos is too old, and the compilation is too hard: there is no clear indication what packages I need to compile... And I really don't like to compile things myself in Ubuntu, thats why I don't use Slackware anymore.

**Mateo** · March 25th, 2008

does it do ruby yet?

**cprofitt** · March 25th, 2008

Originally Posted by WindowsSucks

I was waiting for a new MonoDevelop release. I'm competing in a programming competition in April and they only allow the MS bullcrap languages.

Man...

I gotta be honest... I am going to be switching soon to Linux for development, but Microsoft has done a good job with their IDE for people who like them.

As far as waiting on Mono -- if you run Windows you can download free 'express' editions for programming. They also have a special program that they just announced for students / faculty... I can't find a link right now.