[mono-vb] Visual Basic not working?

[Rolf Bjarne Kvinge]

Hi,
>
> Hi, thanks for your response. I am quite certain that my version of
> Mono is 2.0, as it says:
> 
> Version information: Mono Version: 2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:
> 2.0.50727.42

That's not the real mono version, it's the .NET version number (mono's ASP.Net has to report the same version number so that applications checking the version number continue to work as-is when moving from Windows/.NET to Mono).

Executing 'mono --version' in a terminal will get you the real mono version.

> at the bottom of the error page. Also, you should know that I installed
> my mono from packages in the Debian respository and I don't think xsp is
> installed. 

Executing 'xsp' in a terminal will tell you if it's installed, if not I'm not sure which package you'll have to install (distros might group applications into different packages, I don't know how Debian does it).

> Perhaps I am missing VBNC? I cannot seem to find the mono- basic package 
> in my list, nor mono-vbnc.

This is possible, I'm pretty sure mono-basic hasn't been packaged for Debian yet.

You can compile from source following these instructions: http://www.mono-project.com/Visual_Basic#From_Source_Code

Rolf