[MonoDevelop] debugger does not launch app

Cvetomir Todorov cvetomir.todorov.dev at gmail.com
Wed Jan 21 15:08:20 EST 2009


I didn't know that. Thanks. It worked - the button is now enabled. I will
play with the debugger and then I will probably share the impressions.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Michael Hutchinson <
m.j.hutchinson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Cvetomir
> <cvetomir.todorov.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am completely new to Linux, Mono and MonoDevelop, but I am very
> interested
> > in using it and maybe contributing to the project. I am using this thread
> > because my problem is related to the debugger as well. I want to ask a
> > simple question about the expected behavior of the debugger. I created a
> new
> > Console Application and when I open the Run menu the Run option is
> enabled
> > but the Debug one is grayed out and I cannot Debug. Is there anything
> > specific that I need to configure to enable debugging? I apologize if
> there
> > is documentation for this, but I just couldn't find it. Thanks for the
> help.
>
> Did you build the mdb debugger addin?
>
> You'll need MD 2.0 alpha 2 or later (right now SVN trunk is superior
> to alpha 2), and Mono 2.0 or 2.2 with the Mono debugger.
>
> If you're using MD packages, such as the ones in the openSUSE buidl
> service, you just need to install the monodevelop-debugger-mdb
> package.There are some one-click installs for openSUSE:
>
> http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.1&p=1&q=monodevelop-debugger-mdb
>
> If you build MD from svn, use ."/configure --select" and you'll be
> able to select which "extras" you want to include in the build. Make
> sure you select MonoDevelop.Debugger.Mdb. Note that building from SVN
> is convenient because you can "make run" to run MD without installing
> it, so you won't interfere with installed MD packages.
>
> If you build MD from tarballs, you'll need to configure and build the
> monodevelop-debugger-mdb tarball against a matching install of MD.
>
>
> For the easiest and most reliable way to get it working, I suggest
> using my packages on openSUSE 11.1 (the home:MJHutchinson package at
> the link above), as I regularly push new build when bugs are fixed.
>
>
> --
> Michael Hutchinson
> http://mjhutchinson.com
>



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