[Mono-list] Messed up mono install :( how to clean up?

Wayne Douglas wayne at prjatk.com
Tue Nov 11 14:24:17 UTC 2014


I don't actually mind building from source - I think it might even help the
guys by having a few people dogfood the code. It does slow down my vagrant
provisioning quite a bit though...

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Jeff Bonhag <jbonhag at sca-corp.com> wrote:

>  Peter,
>
> I wondered the same thing myself. It blew my mind when I discovered it.
>
> From http://www.mono-project.com/download/#download-lin
>
> """
> Xamarin packages
> These packages are built, tested and distributed by Xamarin. Use these if
> you want
> to use a stable, official and up-to-date version of Mono.
> """
>
> Seems like that should be front-and-center on the monodevelop.com
> website.  It would
> be great if you submitted a pull request.
>
>
>
> Jeff Bonhag
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Hultqvist [mailto:phq at silentorbit.com <phq at silentorbit.com>]
> Sent: Mon 11/10/2014 4:48 PM
> To: mono-list at lists.ximian.com
> Cc: Jeff Bonhag
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Messed up mono install :( how to clean up?
>
> That sounds like good news.
> But why is this hidden!
>
> From monodevelop.com/Download you get version 2.6.0.1
>
> From mono-project.com the download page links to the
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=mono-complete
> stating that the latest mono is 3.2.8
>
> Even if I visit the link you supplied the first line links back to the
> page above.
>
> So is the repo at mono-project.com a testing/unstable edition or can I
> send pull request to update the websites?
>
> On 2014-11-10 15:33, Jeff Bonhag wrote:
> > Hi aikeru,
> >
> > The Mono Project repositories have up-to-date Mono builds (right now
> > I'm running MonoDevelop 5.5), and adding them are a lot easier than
> > building the whole thing yourself.
> >
> > http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/install/linux/
> >
> > If you really do need to build from source, you may want to take a
> > look at:
> >
> >
> http://www.mono-project.com/docs/compiling-mono/parallel-mono-environments/
> >
> > which details how to set up a complete local (i.e. compiled) environment.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Jeff Bonhag
>
>
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