[MonoDevelop] Compiling MonoDevelop

[Michael Hutchinson]

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Jan-Philipp Kappmeier
<jan-philipp.kappmeier at uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using a computer where I don't have root access. I've installed a
> private version of Mono into a directory where I have access to. The $PATH
> is changed and the new version of Mono is recognized, "mono --version"
> gives out 2.6.4.
>
> Running ./configure for the MonoDevelop sources findes the correct path.
> It gives out:
>
> checking for mono... /local/Programme/mono/bin/mono
> checking for gmcs... /local/Programme/mono/bin/gmcs
>
> but after that, it fails checking the version. The output is
>
> checking for UNMANAGED_DEPENDENCIES_MONO... no
> configure: error: Please install mono version 2.6.1 or later to install
> MonoDevelop.

You should set up your parallel environment as explained here:
http://www.mono-project.com/Parallel_Mono_Environments

Specifically, you appear to be missing PKG_CONFIG_PATH.

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Michael Hutchinson
http://mjhutchinson.com