[Mono-list] RedHat 9 install problems

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> > > I installed the 0.28 RPMs for RedHat 9.
> > > However, they install into /usr rather than /usr/local,
> > > which does not allow me to run mono apps as they
> > > are looking into /usr/local/lib for their assemblies.
> > > 
> > > I can copy the files over, but that is not a real
> > > solution. Am not very experienced on Linux, so
> > > there probably is an easy way to correct this.
> > 
> > Which Mono apps are looking for /usr/local?  They look in the prefix
> > where mono is installed (or see MONO_PATH on the man page for mono)
> 
> I just compiled a simple Hello app with mcs and tried to run it.
> Got the "corlib.dll not found" error, suggesting I should
> install it in /usr/local/lib.
> 
> Will look at MONO_PATH. I didn't do anything but install
> the RPMS and compile a test app, I was assuming that
> should be enough for getting started.

Sounds like you have two installations of Mono in your system.

One from RPMS, and an older one in /usr/local, that is lacking its assemblies.