[Mono-list] Debian support

[Daniel Soto]

Yes, the "try and error" method is perfectly applied to this case (I
don't know if method name is well in english :-)  )

I also did in that way.

Surely, when you build Mono also you will get similar errors.

Be ready :-)

2009/3/31  <imaudi at comcast.net>:
> Okay I'm pretty sure this is the definitive list of everything required to
> build libgdiplus on Ubuntu:
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>
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> apt-get install libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-dev
> apt-get install libpng12-dev
> apt-get install libx11-dev
> apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
> apt-get install libfreetype6-dev
>
> (Yes, I know I can do that all on one line)
>
>
>
> On to the next step <g>
>
>
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Soto" <daniel.soto2k at gmail.com>
> To: imaudi at comcast.net
> Cc: "Chris Howie" <cdhowie at gmail.com>, mono-list at lists.ximian.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:51:39 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Debian support
>
> It's the same case as libglib-2.0-dev, you must to install
> libpng-1.2-dev. Libgdiplus (the library that you are trying to build)
> is a library to implement System.Drawing, and you need support to many
> graphic formats, that's the reason why you need glib, libpng, libgif
> and others.
>
> Again, I don't remember the exact name of the package.
>
> In this errors, when missing libraries, you need to install
> [package_name]-[version]-dev package (Or, as Abe says, "foolib-dev" as
> general rule).
>
> Don't afraid to search for development packages when building (they
> are named with -dev suffix).
>
> Let us know if you have luck.
>
>
> 2009/3/31  <imaudi at comcast.net>:
>> This works:
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>> apt-get install libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-dev
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>> Now I'm getting the following error:
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>>
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>> checking for png_read_info in -lpng... no
>> configure: error: *** libpng12 not found. See
>> http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Howie" <cdhowie at gmail.com>
>> To: imaudi at comcast.net
>> Cc: mono-list at lists.ximian.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:35:12 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Debian support
>>
>> 2009/3/31  <imaudi at comcast.net>:
>>> Nope, no results :(
>>
>> He meant "glib2.0".  You may not be using network repositories.  Check
>> your /etc/apt/sources.list
>>
>> --
>> Chris Howie
>> http://www.chrishowie.com
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers
>>
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