[Mono-aspnet-list] MVC3 + Razor + XSP4 + .NET 4.5 Tutorial

[chris.schamper]

Hello,

     It seems that most tutorials about running MVC3/4 on Mono are centered
around Mono 2.X and an earlier release of MVC3. Having chased my tail
entirely too long trying to get a MVC3 Razor stack working, I wanted to
leave an updated tutorial in the hopes that this would save someone else
some effort.

OS: Linux Mint 15 32-Bit Mate
Mono: Mono JIT compiler version 3.2.1 (Debian 3.2.1+dfsg-1~pre1+raring1) *
Monodevelop: Version 4.1.7 **
.NET Framework: 4.5
XSP: Github Tag 3.0.11, ce2f1f5bb9596d92f18492706be4356351409e68 
xsp-3.0.11.zip
Additional Files:
Missing dlls from a Windows .NET 4.5 MVC3 App + SHA1:
c8bcc63d2f05553424877956e4f51b4493ff6790  System.Web.Helpers.dll
a08b8ffc68482af25ec0bbc41f50f77e1ef70704  System.Web.WebPages.dll
5dbf16560da6953ae6e28e8a94115b1ef3b5df50  System.Web.Mvc.dll
e7b48f758d24bae87ff8dead896c24e79890ca8f  System.Web.WebPages.Razor.dll
5d923740f2377298ad917eb9f5bfb45e0b1465fb  System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.dll
6194d5363bc8cdab62e4f39151a1d1972880b8c7  System.Web.Razor.dll

* I am using the following pre-release PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~directhex/+archive/monoxide
** I am using the following Monodevelop PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~keks9n/+archive/monodevelop-latest

I start Monodevelop and load the MVC3 Razor template. This template has two
missing references, System.Web.Helpers.dll and System.Web.WebPages. I add
these from a donor Windows machine hashes above.

Building the project yields the following error:
Error CS1705: Assembly `System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' references `System.Web.WebPages,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' which has
a higher version number than imported assembly `System.Web.WebPages,
Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' (CS1705)
(ForumExample)

I then replace the template version with the Windows donor version. The
solution now builds.

I have compiled the latest tagged version of XSP, 3.0.11. I am looking to
use XSP4 to host the MVC3 Razor .NET 4.5 app. When I run xsp4 against the
build directory, I get the following error:

Message is Could not load file or assembly 'xsp4, Version=3.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0738eb9f132ed756' or one of its
dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

OK, so off to gacutil:
sudo gacutil /i xsp4.exe
sudo gacutil /i Mono.WebServer2.dll

OK, so now XSP4 at least starts:
xsp4
Listening on address: 0.0.0.0
Root directory: /home/chschamper/ForumExample/ForumExample
Listening on port: 8080 (non-secure)
Hit Return to stop the server.
Missing method Start in assembly
/tmp/chschamper-temp-aspnet-0/477cf6c2/assembly/shadow/133f36d7/347ad6c0_2745e017_00000001/System.Web.Mvc.dll,
type System.Web.WebPages.Razor.PreApplicationStartCode

Looks like there are some issues with one of the donor files. Connecting to
the server confirms it with an Error 500:

System.IO.FileNotFoundException
Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=1.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its
dependencies.

OK, so time to add another donor file, this time
System.Web.WebPages.Razor.dll.

Rebuid and try xsp again:
xsp4
Listening on address: 0.0.0.0
Root directory: /home/chschamper/ForumExample/ForumExample
Listening on port: 8080 (non-secure)
Hit Return to stop the server.

Ok, so no error on startup. Let's see if connecting to it works.

And, no joy with another Error 500:
System.TypeLoadException
Could not load type 'System.Web.WebPages.Razor.WebCodeRazorHost' from
assembly 'System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'.

I went on a hunch since there is only one file from that series missing from
the donor set: System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.dll

Now to continue until the necessary donor files are present:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Razor, Verselpon=1.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its
dependencies.

 Add this file and try xsp again.

Success!

Welcome to ASP.NET MVC on Mono!

I hope this helps someone else along the way.

- Chris



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