Help
When having a more frequent problem as listed below please click the link to jump to the corresponding section:
- Dealing with compilations issues when building Mono or bugs of Mono
- Problems when using Mono
If your issue has not been listed please read the Problems of a different kind-Section.
Issues compiling Mono itself
Since Mono is a large piece of software you must strictly follow the Compiling Mono-Article as it contains a good compiling-howto. Especially keep a close look at the requirements of mono and if they are met (e.g. libgdiplus). If the problems still remain please send a mail to the mono-devel-list.
Can not compile my source
When compiling your sources please bear in mind that mono provides three C#-Compilers, mcs, gmcs and smcs.
- mcs is the standard compiler for code which is targeting the .Net Framework 1.1
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gmcs is Mono’s compiler for the the .Net Framework 2.0 and beyond*
*gmcs does partly support C# 3.0 language features
- smcs: compiler to target the 2.1 runtime, to build Moonlight applications.
Most help request regarding the compilation of user software can be fixed by adding the proper references because only mscorlib.dll and System.dll are referenced by default.
To add references to additional assemblies, the -r:Assembly switch can be used:
gmcs Source.cs -r:System.Drawing.dll -r:System.Windows.Forms.dll
More help can be found in the manuals of mcs and gmcs:
man gmcs
Works under .Net but not on Mono
Naturally this question is very hard to answer since it relies on the specific application trying to run on Mono. Please read Guide: Porting Winforms Applications or Guide: Porting ASP.NET Applications as they provide a good overview on how to run windows applications on Mono.
Problems of a different kind
In general users can always turn to the Mailing Lists when having problems.