[Mono-list] Problem installing Mono on SuSE 9.3

Wade Berrier wberrier at novell.com
Mon Dec 10 12:14:29 EST 2007


Hi,

If I was running a distro that was 3 years old (suse 9.3), I would have
given up too :)  (Your experience would probably have been much better
on 10.3)

Glad you got Mono running :)

Wade

On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 10:14 -0500, Byron King wrote:
> I gave up on SuSE and installed Debian 4 on my server.  Mono installed
> easily!  Thanks for the help.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Byron
> 
> On Dec 6, 2007 6:04 PM, Wade Berrier < wberrier at novell.com> wrote:
>         Hi Bryon,
>         
>         We used to support mono on suse 9.3, but no longer.  Base mono
>         tools
>         from the linux installer will work on 9.3, but monodevelop
>         will not.
>         
>         If you want to get it working on suse, please try a supported
>         version
>         (preferably 10.3).
>         
>         Good luck!
>         
>         Wade
>         
>         
>         
>         On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 10:16 -0500, Byron King wrote:
>         > I attempted to install a release via YAST and got only so
>         far.  With 
>         > each new component, I was required to add something else
>         that was
>         > missing.  SuSE is killing me!
>         >
>         > For giggles, I attempted the install on an Ubuntu 7.10 box
>         using
>         > Synaptic; it worked!  After the install, I created a simple
>         ASP.NET
>         > project.  On build attempt, the sample code (a textbox and a
>         button)
>         > failed to compile.  The complaint was that the textbox was
>         nt a part
>         > of the Default.aspx.cs class.  Give me a break!  I tried
>         > deleting/re-adding the textbox, but the error persisted.
>         >
>         > Has anyone else seen this?  Thanks!
>         >
>         > On Nov 29, 2007 3:13 PM, Richard Couture <
>         richard at beauware.com>
>         > wrote:
>         >
>         >         BTW, you may want to use the following link instead.
>         It is for
>         >         the latest preview 1.2.6.
>         >
>         >         -----------------------
>         >         You can get the preview releases here:
>         >
>         http://mono.ximian.com/monobuild/preview/download-preview/
>         >         -----------------------
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         ______________________________________________________________
>         >
>         >          Richard Couture
>         >                     www.BeauWare.com   ...pour une solution
>         à votre
>         >         mesure
>         >
>         >
>         ______________________________________________________________
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         ______________________________________________________ 
>         >                 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:28:39 -0500
>         >                 From: byronking at speakeasy.net
>         >                 To: richard at beauware.com
>         >                 Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Problem installing
>         Mono on
>         >                 SuSE 9.3
>         >                 CC: mono-list at lists.ximian.com
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >                 Richard,
>         >
>         >                 Thanks for the suggestions!  I will try this
>         tonight
>         >                 and then report back!
>         >
>         >                 Cheers, 
>         >
>         >                 Byron
>         >
>         >                 On Nov 29, 2007 11:19 AM, Richard Couture <
>         >                 richard at beauware.com> wrote:
>         >                         Hi, 
>         >
>         >                         I have run into similar problem.
>         (not
>         >                         same .so). Where are you installing
>         from. Did
>         >                         you download the bin file?. If so,
>         you won't 
>         >                         see the end of it. I have finally
>         use yast.
>         >                         See this link:
>         >
>         >
>         http://www.go-mono.com/download-stable/sles-9-i586/
>         >
>         >                         follow the top instruction :
>         >                         ---------------
>         >                         This distro supports installing
>         packages via 
>         >                         YaST. Add the following installation
>         source to
>         >                         YaST:
>         >                               *
>         http://go-mono.com/download-stable/sles-9-i586
>         >
>         >                         For assistance with using
>         repositories and
>         >                         installing packages with YaST, visit
>         this
>         >                         link: [1] 
>         >
>         >                         ---------------
>         >
>         >                         You will need to add that link
>         >
>         (http://go-mono.com/download-stable/sles-9-i586 ) in yast
>         >                         installation source. See this link:
>         [1] for
>         >                         help.
>         >
>         >                         The installation is done on-line
>         with Yast and 
>         >                         if it needs missing lib, it will
>         find them on
>         >                         the net.
>         >
>         >                         This is the only working method I
>         found.
>         >
>         >                         Good luck. 
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         ______________________________________
>         >                                 From:
>         byronking at speakeasy.net
>         >                                 To:
>         mono-list at lists.ximian.com
>         >                                 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007
>         10:07:36 -0500
>         >                                 Subject: [Mono-list]
>         Problem 
>         >                                 installing Mono on SuSE 9.3
>         >
>         >
>         >                                 Hello.  I am running SuSE
>         9.3 and want
>         >                                 to install Mono and develop
>         apps using 
>         >                                 MonoDevelop.  My problem is
>         that at
>         >                                 the end of the install, I
>         get a
>         >                                 message from a script
>         stating that 
>         >                                 libpangocairo-2.0.so.0 is
>         missing.  I
>         >                                 searched RPM resources for
>         it, but
>         >                                 have not been able to find
>         it.  Has 
>         >                                 anyone else experienced and
>         resolved
>         >                                 this problem?  How can I fix
>         this?
>         >                                 Thanks!
>         >
>         >                                 Regards, 
>         >
>         >                                 Byron
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
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