[MonoDevelop] How to repair latest broken Monodevelop build on Ubuntu Linux 14.04?

Mike Krüger mkrueger at xamarin.com
Mon Dec 7 06:46:15 UTC 2015 

Hi

I recommend using the 'rosyln' branch of monodevelop :).

Regards
Mike

On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Frank Chang <frankchang91 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>         Thank you very much for your help early this morning.
> Here are the steps I followed to fix the Monodevelop build on the Ubuntu
> Linux 14.04 LTS desktop.
>
> 1. First built mono from source. To build mono from source on Ubuntu first
> I had to install official Mono since to build mono from source requires
> official Mono to be installed .
> 2. To install official mono, I followed the below steps:
>
> sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
> echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list
> sudo apt-get update
> echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy-apache24-compat main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list
> sudo apt-get install git autoconf libtool automake build-essential gettext
> sudo apt-get install mono-devel
> sudo apt-get install mono-complete
> sudo apt-get install referenceassemblies-pcl
> sudo apt-get install ca-certificates-mono
>
>
>
> 3. Next to build mono from source , I followed the below steps (This
> replaces the official mono installed in step 2)
>
> sudo su
> cd /home/frankc/Desktop
> mkdir mono
> cd mono
> export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH
> git clone https://github.com/mono/mono.git
> cd mono
> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/
> make
> sudo make install
>
>
>
> 4. Then I went forward to build monodevelop from source, here the steps I
> followed to build monodevelop
>
> cd /home/frankc/desktop/mono
> git clone https://github.com/mono/monodevelop.git
> cd monodevelop
> git submodule update --init --recursive
>  ./configure --prefix=/usr/
> make
> sudo make install
>
> make run.
>
>
> 5. During the step ./configure --prefix=/usr/, one by one it gave the
> dependency missing,
> here the dependencies I installed based on error I received in the above
> step, all executed as sudo venkat
>
> sudo apt-get install gnome-sharp2
> sudo apt-get install libglade2.0-cil-dev
> sudo apt-get install cmake
> sudo apt-get install libssh2-1-dev
> sudo apt-get install  zlibc zlib1g zlib1g-dev
> sudo apt-get install nuget
>
> Thank you.
>
>      Frank
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 1:17 AM, Mike Krüger <mkrueger at xamarin.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> gnome-devel doesn't contain current GTK libs. But anyways the mono is too
>> old for the current monodevlop to run properly.
>>
>> If you want to build it from source I recommend setting up a parallel
>> environment.
>>
>> See:
>>
>> http://mikemdblog.blogspot.de/2013/09/how-to-set-up-monodevelop-on-linux.html
>>
>> It's a bit outdated (some packages are missing) but still valid. I'll
>> update the blog entry the next time I reinstall :).
>>
>> Regards
>> Mike
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Frank Chang <frankchang91 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>   We would like to repair the latest broken  Monodevelop build on Ubuntu
>>> Linux 14.04. First, I purged mono-complete & monodevelop and followed the
>>> steps in this article:
>>> http://gettingsharper.de/2014/10/07/get-and-compile-the-latest-monodevelop-on-ubuntulinux.
>>> The makefile make process halts early complaining of
>>> "editor/GtkWorkarounds.cs(73,40): error CS0246: The type or namespace name
>>> `Gtk' could not be found.
>>>
>>> Here is the C# compiler command line used by the Monodevelop main folder
>>> Makefie
>>>
>>> Target CoreCompile:
>>>                         Tool /home/vend/lib/mono/4.5/mcs.exe execution
>>> started with arguments: /noconfig /codepage:65001 /debug:full /debug+
>>> /optimize- /out:obj/Debug/libstetic.dll
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.stetic.glade,stetic.glade
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.objects.xml,objects.xml
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.accellabel.png,accellabel.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.actiongroup.png,actiongroup.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.add-check-label.png,add-check-label.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.add-menu.png,add-menu.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.alignment.png,alignment.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.arrow.png,arrow.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.box-expand.png,box-expand.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.box-fill.png,box-fill.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.button.png,button.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.calendar.png,calendar.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.cell-expand-h.png,cell-expand-h.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.cell-expand-v.png,cell-expand-v.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.cell-fill-h.png,cell-fill-h.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.cell-fill-v.png,cell-fill-v.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.checkbutton.png,checkbutton.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.colorbutton.png,colorbutton.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.colorselection.png,colorselection.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.colorselectiondialog.png,colorselectiondialog.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.combo.png,combo.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.comboentry.png,comboentry.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.custom.png,custom.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.dec-border.png,dec-border.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.dialog.png,dialog.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.drawingarea.png,drawingarea.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.entry.png,entry.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.eventbox.png,eventbox.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.expander.png,expander.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.fileselection.png,fileselection.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.fixed.png,fixed.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.fontbutton.png,fontbutton.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.fontselection.png,fontselection.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.fontselectiondialog.png,fontselectiondialog.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.frame.png,frame.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.globe.png,globe.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.globe-not.png,globe-not.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.handlebox.png,handlebox.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.hbox.png,hbox.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.hbuttonbox.png,hbuttonbox.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.hpaned.png,hpaned.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.hscale.png,hscale.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.hscrollbar.png,hscrollbar.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.hseparator.png,hseparator.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.iconview.png,iconview.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.image.png,image.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.inc-border.png,inc-border.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.label.png,label.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.menu.png,menu.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.menubar.png,menubar.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.messagedialog.png,messagedialog.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.missing.png,missing.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.notebook.png,notebook.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.optionmenu.png,optionmenu.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.progressbar.png,progressbar.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.radiobutton.png,radiobutton.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.remove-check-label.png,remove-check-label.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.remove-menu.png,remove-menu.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.scrolledwindow.png,scrolledwindow.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.spinbutton.png,spinbutton.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.statusbar.png,statusbar.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.table.png,table.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.textview.png,textview.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.togglebutton.png,togglebutton.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.toolbar.png,toolbar.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.treeview.png,treeview.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.vbox.png,vbox.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.vbuttonbox.png,vbuttonbox.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.viewport.png,viewport.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.vpaned.png,vpaned.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.vscale.png,vscale.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.vscrollbar.png,vscrollbar.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.vseparator.png,vseparator.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.widget.png,widget.png
>>> /resource:obj/Debug/Stetic.wrapper.pixmaps.window.png,window.png
>>> ClassDescriptor.cs Clipboard.cs CommandDescriptor.cs CustomWidget.cs DND.cs
>>> editor/Accelerator.cs editor/ActionGroupEditor.cs editor/ActionItem.cs
>>> editor/ActionMenu.cs editor/ActionMenuBar.cs editor/ActionMenuItem.cs
>>> editor/ActionToolbar.cs editor/ActionToolItem.cs editor/Boolean.cs
>>> editor/CellRendererComboBox.cs editor/Char.cs editor/Color.cs
>>> editor/DateTimeEditor.cs editor/EditIconDialog.cs
>>> editor/EditIconFactoryDialog.cs editor/Enumeration.cs editor/Flags.cs
>>> editor/FlagsSelectorDialog.cs editor/FloatRange.cs editor/GroupPicker.cs
>>> editor/IconList.cs editor/IconSelectorItem.cs editor/IconSelectorMenu.cs
>>> editor/IconSelectorMenuItem.cs editor/Identifier.cs editor/Image.cs
>>> editor/ImageFile.cs editor/ImageSelector.cs editor/IntRange.cs
>>> editor/NonContainerWarningDialog.cs editor/OptIntRange.cs
>>> editor/ProjectIconList.cs editor/ProjectIconSelectorItem.cs
>>> editor/ResponseId.cs editor/SelectIconDialog.cs editor/SelectImageDialog.cs
>>> editor/StockIconList.cs editor/StockIconSelectorItem.cs editor/StockItem.cs
>>> editor/String.cs editor/StringArray.cs editor/Text.cs editor/TextBox.cs
>>> editor/TextEditor.cs editor/TextEditorDialog.cs editor/ThemedIcon.cs
>>> editor/ThemedIconList.cs editor/TimeSpanEditor.cs editor/Translatable.cs
>>> editor/TreeViewCellContainer.cs editor/WidgetSelector.cs EnumDescriptor.cs
>>> ErrorWidget.cs GeneratorContext.cs GladeException.cs GladeUtils.cs
>>> IDesignArea.cs IEditableObject.cs ImageInfo.cs IProject.cs
>>> IPropertyEditor.cs IRadioGroupManager.cs IResourceProvider.cs
>>> ItemDescriptor.cs ItemGroup.cs ItemGroupCollection.cs
>>> NoGuiDispatchAttribute.cs ObjectReader.cs ObjectWrapper.cs
>>> ObjectWrapperEventHandler.cs ObjectWriter.cs ParamSpec.cs Placeholder.cs
>>> ProjectIconFactory.cs PropertyDescriptor.cs PropertyEditorAttribute.cs
>>> PropertyEditorCell.cs RadioGroupManager.cs Registry.cs Set.cs
>>> SignalDescriptor.cs TranslatableAttribute.cs TypedClassDescriptor.cs
>>> TypedPropertyDescriptor.cs TypedSignalDescriptor.cs
>>> undo/ActionDiffAdaptor.cs undo/DiffGenerator.cs undo/IDiffAdaptor.cs
>>> undo/UndoManager.cs undo/XmlDiffAdaptor.cs WidgetLibrary.cs WidgetUtils.cs
>>> wrapper/Action.cs wrapper/ActionGroup.cs wrapper/ActionToolbarWrapper.cs
>>> wrapper/ActionTree.cs wrapper/Bin.cs wrapper/Box.cs wrapper/Button.cs
>>> wrapper/ButtonBox.cs wrapper/CheckButton.cs wrapper/ColorButton.cs
>>> wrapper/ComboBox.cs wrapper/ComboBoxEntry.cs wrapper/Container.cs
>>> wrapper/Custom.cs wrapper/Dialog.cs wrapper/Entry.cs wrapper/Expander.cs
>>> wrapper/Fixed.cs wrapper/FontButton.cs wrapper/FontSelectionDialog.cs
>>> wrapper/Frame.cs wrapper/HScale.cs wrapper/HScrollbar.cs
>>> wrapper/IconView.cs wrapper/Image.cs wrapper/ImageMenuItem.cs
>>> wrapper/Label.cs wrapper/MenuBar.cs wrapper/MenuItem.cs
>>> wrapper/MessageDialog.cs wrapper/Misc.cs wrapper/Notebook.cs
>>> wrapper/Object.cs wrapper/OptionMenu.cs wrapper/Paned.cs
>>> wrapper/RadioActionGroupManager.cs wrapper/RadioButton.cs
>>> wrapper/RadioMenuItem.cs wrapper/RadioToolButton.cs wrapper/Range.cs
>>> wrapper/Scale.cs wrapper/ScrolledWindow.cs wrapper/Signal.cs
>>> wrapper/SignalChangedEventHandler.cs wrapper/SignalCollection.cs
>>> wrapper/SignalEventHandler.cs wrapper/SpinButton.cs wrapper/Table.cs
>>> wrapper/TextView.cs wrapper/ToggleToolButton.cs wrapper/Toolbar.cs
>>> wrapper/ToolButton.cs wrapper/TreeView.cs wrapper/Viewport.cs
>>> wrapper/VScale.cs wrapper/VScrollbar.cs wrapper/Widget.cs
>>> wrapper/WidgetEventHandler.cs wrapper/WidgetNameChangedHandler.cs
>>> wrapper/Window.cs TopLevelDialog.cs TopLevelWindow.cs
>>> wrapper/NotifyWorkaround.cs editor/GtkWorkarounds.cs /target:library
>>> /define:DEBUG /nowarn:1591;1573
>>> /doc:../../../../build/AddIns/MonoDevelop.GtkCore/libstetic.xml /nostdlib
>>> /reference:/home/venkat/lib/mono/4.0/Mono.Posix.dll
>>> /reference:/home/venkat/lib/mono/4.0/System.dll
>>> /reference:/home/venkat/lib/mono/4.0/System.Xml.dll
>>> /reference:/home/venkat/lib/mono/4.0/Mono.Cairo.dll
>>> /reference:/home/venkat/lib/mono/4.0/System.Core.dll
>>> /reference:/home/venkat/lib/mono/4.0/mscorlib.dll /warn:4
>>>
>>> I thought we were missing an assembly reference apparently because nuget
>>> restore does not fetch the correct GTK and GNOME libraries. Later, A
>>> Xamarin expert told me that gtk and gnome libraries are not on nuget So,
>>> you have to install them yourself.
>>>
>>>   Then  I installed the gtk and gnome libraries using sudo apt-get
>>> install gnome-devel and ran ./configure --profile=stable on monodevelop and
>>> generated a Makefile which contains a section called GTK_SHARP_LIBS which
>>> references libraries I know for certain that are stored on my Lenovo
>>> desktop computer.
>>>
>>>    When the Makefile hits the Target CoreCompile section it tries to
>>> compile C# source files which use the gtk-sharp assembly. Apparently , In
>>> the main Monodevelop makefile, the compilation of C# source files which use
>>> the gtk-sharp assembly does not explicitly reference the gtk-sharp
>>> assembly. Is there a way to repair that as well as the entire latest
>>> Monodevelop compile and install?
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much
>>>      Frank
>>>
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>>>
>>
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