[MonoDevelop] multiple monos installed, MonoDevelop can't see all gacs

[A.M. Abdelaziz]

Thanks for the simple answer
as I said before I already solved my specific problem (gtk-sharp problem),
but I just wanted to know if there is a solution for this problem, so thank
u for ending this thread.


Michael Hutchinson wrote:
> 
> Yep, it's a known limitation that PKG_CONFIG_PATH and MONO_GAC_PREFIX
> can't be set in MD for parallel Monos.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:39 PM, A.M. Abdelaziz <AMAMH3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> how did u get that info?
>> changing PKG_CONFIG_PATH doesn't affect monodevelop in anyway, try it
>> urself
>> I don't think I was clear in my first post although I tried as hard as
>> possible, I'll explain again:
>>
>> - change default .NET runtime in MonoDevelop to "Mono Trunk" which has
>> the
>> prefix /usr/local, now under "Packages" tab when editing references
>> MonoDevelop can't see the packs installed from rpms which are installed
>> with
>> the prefix /usr but does see the packages installed from source which
>> have
>> the prefix /usr/local
>>
>> - change the default .NET runtime in MonoDevelop to "Mono 141701 (/usr)"
>> which has the prefix /usr, now under "Packages" tab when editing
>> references
>> MonoDevelop can't see the packs installed from svn sources which have the
>> prefix /usr/local but does see the packages installed from rpm which have
>> the prefix /usr
>>
>> anyway, for my specific situation, I wanted monodevelop to see gtk-sharp
>> which is installed from rpms and be able to use it with my own mono
>> that's
>> compiled from svn source "Trunk", I wanted so because I thought compiling
>> gtk-sharp from source takes a lot of time beacause of its dependencies,
>> it
>> turns out that I was idiot, compiling gtk-sharp doesn't need dependencies
>> because they were already installed when I installed gtk-sharp from rpms
>> and
>> my mono (in /usr/local) can use these dependencies so I just got
>> gtk-sharp
>> from svn sources, compiled and installed and now I have MonoDevelop using
>> trunk mono and gtk-sharp
>>
>> what's very confusing is that MonoDevelop can see the wnck-sharp package
>> which is installed from rpms in /usr although I'm selecting "Trunk" mono
>> (/usr/local) as the default .NET runtime, why can MonoDevelop see this
>> package and not see others, I dont' know, and I checked /usr/lib/mono/gac
>> and it does contain wnck-sharp and checked /usr/local/lib/mono/gac and it
>> DOESN'T contain wnck-sharp AND running /usr/local/bin/gacutil -l doesn't
>> list wnck-sharp just like it doesn't list all other packages that are
>> installed from rpms to /usr
>>
>> shit, I think I wasted a lot of ur time if u read all that, I just wanted
>> to
>> be very clear and make the issue very detailed.
>>
>>
>> Lluis Sanchez Gual wrote:
>>>
>>> MonoDevelop doesn't look for assemblies in any GAC. Assemblies are
>>> located through pkgconfig. You have to set your PKG_CONFIG_PATH env var
>>> and include all your prefixes.
>>>
>>> El ds 21 de 11 de 2009 a les 07:04 -0800, en/na A.M. Abdelaziz va
>>> escriure:
>>>> I'm using openSUSE 11.2 x86, GNOME
>>>> I have:
>>>> mono from rpm svn installed (prefix=/usr)
>>>> mono compiled and installed from latest svn (prefix=/usr/local)
>>>> MonoDevelop compiled and installed from latest svn, using trunk mono
>>>> (the
>>>> one in /usr/local) as the default .NET runtime
>>>>
>>>> Gtk-sharp and some others are installed to /usr , because I used rpm
>>>> packs,
>>>> compiling from source takes a lot of time
>>>>
>>>> I made my mono (the one in /usr/local, that's compiled from source)
>>>> able
>>>> to
>>>> see it by setting:
>>>> MONO_GAC_PREFIX=/usr/local:/usr
>>>> in /etc/profile.local
>>>>
>>>> my problem is:
>>>> in MonoDevelop, I can''t see gtk and others under the "packages" tab
>>>> when
>>>> editing references, so I have to add it manually from the ".NET
>>>> assemblies"
>>>> tab.
>>>> MonoDevelop can see gtk and others when using mono under /usr as the
>>>> default
>>>> runtime, but not the packages installed from source (as they reside in
>>>> /usr/local)
>>>>
>>>> in short:
>>>> is there anyway to make MonoDevelop see all the packages in all GACs
>>>> and
>>>> not
>>>> only the one associated with the current default mono runtime ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> additional info:
>>>> running "echo $MONO_GAC_PREFIX" in the terminal (either as root or
>>>> user)
>>>> gives the right value
>>>> I tried "MONO_GAC_PREFIX=/usr monodevelop", no luck,
>>>> tried setting gac prefix to just "/usr" in the profile.local file, no
>>>> luck
>>>> nothing in ~/.config/MonoDevelop/log
>>>
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