[mono-vb] Visual Basic not working?

[Rolf Bjarne Kvinge]

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

Yes.

Rolf
> 
> 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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