[Mono-list] Fresh install

[Paul]

Hi,

> >The above sounds like you've installed bits via redcarpet and bits from
> >source. If you haven't, have you tried running monodevelop from the
> >command line and see (and report!) the throwback from it? Also, what
> >errors is redcarpet throwing back?
> >  
> >
> No.  I installed from the SuSE disks, then updated from Red Carpet, but 
> it all went pear shaped.  

How? I remember way back in my RH8 days that sometimes RC threw a
wobbler and knocked a few things out of joint, but never to the point of
being described as "pear shaped"

> >Um, are you dual booting? If you're not, why bother with a FAT32
> >partition? Wouldn't SAMBA be a far more efficient solution?
> >  
> I'm dual booting.  Also see below about what I'm trying to do.

Okay

> >I have a basic one: mono/mcs, monodevelop, monodoc, gtksharp,
> >libgdiplus, gtksourceview-sharp, gtkmozembed-sharp. To be honest, I very
> >rarely use monodevelop - emacs is far more usable IMO (but then I use
> >emacs over a IDE all the time)
> >  
> >
> I'm not too worried about monodevelop, but I'd like to try it.  What I'm 
> really interested in is testing/proving the cross-platform capabilities 
> of mono, so I'll be doing things like developing in VS and then trying 
> to run the result under mono.  That kind of thing.

Grab a copy of win4lin then - it's much easier than messing about with a
dual boot. I can tell you that there is a very high level of
cross-platform capabilities (I regularly post proof-of-concept material
to .NET users around Europe which works fine on their boxes - even if it
doesn't work on mine [mainly Managed.Windows.Forms stuff]). It is almost
getting to that point that I just say "blow it, it'll work!"

> >that, let it do the install. It actually makes no difference if you
> >install Apache as part of the full install or after - it does make a
> >difference though if you want to install mod_mono as you need it at any
> >point *before* installing mod_mono. Again, choice is yours where to
> >install from, but I would suggest choosing one installer system (YaST or
> >RedCarpet for SuSE) and sticking to it.
> >  
> I'm not sure I understood that, Paul.  Are you just saying that I need 
> Apache before I can install mod_mono.  If so, then thanks, yes, I 
> understand that.

You need apache-devel to install mod_mono and apache-devel usually needs
apache before being able to install.

> >You just need to ask. If you want to go the sources route, then I'll
> >direct you to the fountain of all knowledge which the Mono people still
> >haven't established a link to but is hammered by new users!
> >  
> I'm grateful to you, Paul.  I'm going to try to pull together all the 
> advice I get and then make a decision based on that.  If the first 
> decision turns out to be a lemon, then I'll try the next, until I get it 
> cracked.  I'm happy to invest some (of my own) time to get this sorted.

Not a problem :-)

TTFN

Paul
-- 
"A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the
best and then make sure that you are. In my time at Liverpool we always
said we had the best two teams on Merseyside, Liverpool and Liverpool
Reserves." - Bill Shankly
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