[Mono-list] Debian support

[imaudi at comcast.net]

I think the saying is "trial and error" :) 



Yeah that's basically what I'm doing, it seems this hasn't really been documented very thoroughly.  The problem is most of you Mono guys (no offense) have probably had these computers sitting around for years, work on all sorts of projects and have all the common libraries already installed.  A newcomer who is just setting up a Linux box will find himself totally lost, especially if they're not very familiar with building on Linux. 



What I'm trying to create is a step by step manual for exactly how to build and install Mono for someone who isn't very familiar with building code on Linux and UNIX commands.. 



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 2:07:59 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Debian support 

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: 
> 
> 
> 
> 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: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> apt-get install libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-dev 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Now I'm getting the following error: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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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