[mono-vb] Visual Basic not working?

[Ozzapoo]

OK thanks for the info. But if I compile vbnc from source, then should Mono
be able to run VB applications?

Rolf Bjarne Kvinge-2 wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
>> Alright, I got the following when I ran 'mono --version':
>> 
>> Mono JIT compiler version 1.9.1 (tarball)
>> Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Novell, Inc and Contributors. www.mono-
>> project.com
>>         TLS:           __thread
>>         GC:            Included Boehm (with typed GC)
>>         SIGSEGV:       altstack
>>         Notifications: epoll
>>         Architecture:  x86
>>         Disabled:      none
>> 
>> What does this mean?
> 
> This means that your mono version is 1.9.1 (the rest is irrelevant for
> your
> problem, but indicates how mono was configured when built) - it does *not*
> mean that your mono does not support ASP.NET version 2.0.50727.42 (which
> it
> in fact does).
> 
> As you said, the problem might be that you don't have mono-basic installed
> (try executing 'vbnc' in a terminal, if the command exists, mono-basic is
> installed, otherwise you'll have to install from source).
> 
> Rolf
> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 
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