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

Thu Sep 12 06:47:11 UTC 2013

I'm using MVC 4 + Razor on Mono 3.0.7 without any problems. I develop in
Visual Studio which adds all the MVC dependencies using NuGet packages.
This means that deployment of an MVC 4 app is easier than MVC 3. I didn't
have to manually copy any files, they're all handled by the regular build
process. The deployment script basically publishes the site into a temp
folder (using the MSBuild target) and then rsyncs this temp folder to the
server. :)

The only gotcha with MVC 4 is that you need to set "Copy Local" of
"Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.dll" to false, as Mono has its own
implementation.

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:18 PM, chris.schamper <chris.schamper at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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