[Mono-winforms-list] Could not load file or assembly

[Jonathan Pobst]

I am not sure what the package is called on Ubuntu, but there is a 
mono-basic package you need to install that contains Microsoft.VisualBasic.

Jon


elziko wrote:
> I am trying to run a WinForms 'Hello World' application on the installation
> of Mono that comes with Ubuntu.
> 
> The application is written & compiled in VB.NET in Visual Studio 2008
> trageting the .NET Framework 2.0 on Windows. It consists of a single
> start-up form containing a button. When the user clicks the button it causes
> a simple 'Hello World' MessageBox to be shown.
> 
> However, when I try and run this using using Mono on Ubuntu I get:
> 
> ** (Test Mono.exe:5810): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly
> 'Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
> PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies.
> The entry point method could not be loaded
> 
> After reading around I have tried doing the following:
> 
> "sudo apt-get install mono-winforms*"
> 
> But I still get the same error.
> 
> Can anyone help me get started so I can just run this simple application?
> 
> Thanks!
>