[Mono-dev] Compiling mono? I give up [not proceeding] - if anything obvious i'm doing wrong let me know

[Autif Khan]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Rob Wilkens <robwilkens at gmail.com> wrote:
> [apologies if duplicated - i sent from wrong account at first and don't
> think it went through]
>
> I hate trying to get other people's program's to build properly on a
> different computer than it was originally built on/for, but i gave building
> mono an honest effort before giving up.  I've been trying different
> troubleshooting steps for something like 5 hours now; and that doesn't count
> changing any code, just building what was already written by others and
> trying existing programs with the output (in theory, if .net binaries are
> cross platform, you'd think the binaries on the same platform would be
> compatible with different builds of the runtime).

No - thats not true.

>
> Only read further if you're interested in my struggle.  I am basically
> writing this to say why i probably won't be able to debug this issue i
> earlier reported myself.  Anyone know if i should file a bug report on that
> one?
>
> First, i tried building mono from the latest git source, but despite
> compiling and installing fine it gave me enough problems with compatibility
> with existing programs, that i just thought i'd try the same version i was
> already running on the system.




>
> Ok, So i'll get to where i'm at now:
> 1) I did an "apt-get source mono" ran an autogen, make..... (and eventually
> make install) -- figuring this would get me the same version that i was
> running.
> 2) This built, or would build, version 2.10.8.1 -- in theory the same
> version i had installed.
> 3) libmonogc.la in libgc directory never built (and it was needed by other
> parts of the compile process.)  There were no errors that i could tell; it
> just said something like "LD  libmonogc.la" in the output from the makefile
> in that directory, and then continued on without actually building it.  I
> half wonder if i'm missing something important to build it with.  I actually
> had it echo the command line behind the 'LD' it was displaying, then tried
> strace/ltrace on it, but got lost following it and my frustration just led
> me to do the following:
> 4) I copied the two missing 'libgc' libraries (the binaries) from the git
> version which i earlier compiled....  Yes, i know it's not smart, but it got
> the whole thing to compile.  I then did make install.
> 5) Afterwards:
>
> If I try to run monodevelop:
>
> -It gives me a few errors,they basically all say Mono.Addins version 0.6.0.0
> is not found.. I googled it and saw that the current version is something
> like 0.6.2.0.  I didn't bother redownloading it.
> -But it is there, if i remove my /usr/local version of the mono binaries,
> and run the same monodevelop, it runs
>
> If I try to run GhettoGtkAdmin.exe (the binary from the project i gave
> earlier):
>
> -Direct from the command line without 'mono' command: It works fine, but i
> suspect that this is using the /usr/bin version
>
> -If I run it with mono command (from /usr/local) i.e. 'mono
> GhettoGtkAdmin.exe', it complains that it can't "load type 'MainWindow'"
> which is one of the types in the program -- it's a System.TypeLoadException.
> -- but again, like monodevelop, if i remove the /usr/local version of the
> binaries for mono, it runs fine even with the 'mono' in the command line.
>
> I even ran a 'make check' in the mono source directory, and most (or many)
> of the tests passed -- at some point one of the check's failed to compile
> (the test source for Address.cs in versiontolerantserialization test was
> missing it said.)
>
> I tried running a build from apt-get source of libmono-addins, and i was
> going to rebuild monodevelop too, but i thought this was getting a little
> nuts.
>
> I realize i'm on my own with building from apt-get source, as these are
> ubuntu files and not mono project files.  But i've put in enough time on
> this problem.  I'm retired/disabled, i've got plenty of time, but there's a
> reason i'm disabled and it's not a physical disability.  This is generating
> enough unneeded stress that i don't think this activity which i took on as a
> stress reliever is working out that way, it's more having the opposite
> effect.  I swear i used to find programming to be one of those activities
> that relaxed me, i don't know if it's the illness, age, or years of being on
> disability (not working full time), but nowadays it just seems like more
> stress than it's worth for me.
>
> -Rob
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