[Mono-dev] Compiling mono from the repository

[Bojan Rajkovic]

Did you make sure to checkout mcs too?

On Oct 9, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Bas Smit <niksisavailable at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi guys,
>
> First off, im new to mono and ubuntu so I might be missing something
> obvious. Im trying to compile mono from the repository, on ubuntu.  
> I've
> followed the instructions on http://www.mono-project.com/Compiling_Mono 
>  but
> when I autogen I get the following error:
>
> ...
> ...
> checking for ieeefp.h... no
> checking for isinf... yes
> checking for void *... yes
> checking size of void *... 4
> checking for -Wdeclaration-after-statement option to gcc... yes
> checking integrity of package... configure: error: Your mono  
> distribution is
> incomplete;  if unpacking from a tar file, make sure you use GNU  
> tar;  see
> http://www.mono-project.com/IncompletePackage for more details
>
> Ive tried creating a new checkout, but the package really seems  
> incomplete.
> Im 99% sure I've got mono, mcs, glib and pkg-config installed  
> correctly.
> Could someone point out what I could be doing wrong?
>
> Many thanks, Bas
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