More Mono stuff off the TODO list…
In the second month of 2008 came “Mono Uninstalled (for the moment)” and I tried again egged on by these links:
- “Run ASP.NET applications on Ubuntu (for developers) :: the How-To Geek”
- “Installing MonoDevelop from Source on Ubuntu :: the How-To Geek”The bottom line is this: I am unable to locate any documentation about the lower limit of GTK support for MonoDevelop. And I write ‘GTK’ with the very real possibility that I am blurring GTK into GTK#. My strong suspicion is that my current version of Ubuntu (6.0.6) has a hard Gnome GTK limit (without serious mods) (which is why I cannot run Firefox 3.x)—and that the current 1.0 version (and future versions) of MonoDevelop will simply not run on it.
This implies upgrading Ubuntu. Sounds “easy” but it should be known that, according to VMware “Supported Guest Operating Systems,” the latest version of Ubuntu is not supported by VMware Workstation 6.x—and I’m using Workstation 5.x!
Comments
Michael Hutchinson, 2008-08-22 20:39:44
MonoDevelop requires GTK+ 2.8 or later, which would seem to be okay for Dapper. It's recommended to use the latest GTK# version corresponding to your GTK+ version -- currently 2.8.5. The real problem for you is likely to be getting up-to-date packages.
In general I'd advise against installing anything from tarballs into /usr, and I'd advise against installing frameworks (e.g. Mono) and libraries into /usr/local when you have a packaged versions in /usr, as it can cause complications (see http://mjhutchinson.com/journal/2007/11/08/how_not_break_mono -- the first comment is from the Debian packager...)
The BadgerPorts repo is pretty good, with up-to-date packages for Ubuntu's current LTS version: http://directhex.mfgames.com/. The Debian packager also maintains backports for Debian, which might work on Ubuntu.
rasx(), 2008-08-23 06:25:11
I appreciate the answers. To confirm, you mean that MonoDevelop 1.0 requires GTK+ 2.8 or later---right?