On 3/25/07, Scott Ritchie scott@open-vote.org wrote:
On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 07:39 -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
- Mono integration working for non-toy apps
So, when do we need to start including mono as a build/install dependency for Wine in our packages?
Once it works better. Right now it's really not ready to use. (And mono doesn't yet have a silent install mode, which would be nice.)
If you want to try it out, easiest way is to do wget kegel.com/wine/winetricks sh winetricks mono12 Winetricks will then download mono, install it, and set the registry keys needed to make Wine use it.
You can then try running simple .net apps, e.g. a trivial tile game http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/tile.asp It uses gdiplus, so I think you have to install that first. I tried sh winetricks gdiplus corefonts and then wine TileGame.exe but it doesn't run... it dies deep within System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_DefaultFont () which doesn't seem like a good sign :-( Same problem with another trivial game, http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/8_Queen_Solution_New.asp
Beyond those problems, there must be some other registry key we need to set. Installing e.g. http://www.dbautotrack.com/products/richtexteditor.html fails saying "This setup requires the .NET Framework. Please install the .NET Framework and run this setup again."
- Dan