For Debian 8 (Jessie) you need to add a second separate repository for libdiplus as mentioned here: http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/install/linux/#libgdiplus-debian-80-and-later-not-ubuntu
> echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian > wheezy-libjpeg62-compat main" | sudo tee -a > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list I just tried this in a clean Docker container and it works. - Alex > On 13 Jan 2017, at 03:17, William Ivanski <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here is what I did to install mono on Debian Jessie: > > 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 > apt-get update > aptitude install mono-complete > aptitude install mono-xsp4 > aptitude install monodevelop > > Can't tell you exactly what version was installed at the time, but it worked. > I always keep the system up-to-date, so right now I'm running mono 4.6.2, > from Xamarin repo. > > Em sex, 13 de jan de 2017 às 00:10, <[email protected]> escreveu: > Hi ! > > > > Oh, yeah, sorry - I am on debian jessie (8.6), with kernel 3.16. > > I had several other attempts to install mono from the xamarin > > repo (and I reported them here - but, sad to say, got no answer). > > > > On official repo, there is mono 3.2.8 and nothing in backports. > > On the initial machine, I gave up and I am missing features. But > > this one is completely new - although, it's a LXC VM. Exactly this > > should help me to come to a workaround. > > > > In the basic setup, there is absolut nothing about mono. Should > > I install from original repositiory first and the upgrade to > > the version in the xamarin repository? > > > > Thanks, > > Manfred > > > > > > From: William Ivanski [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 2:37 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Install on debian fails > > > > Are you using Debian 7 (Wheezy) or 8 (Jessie) ? If you are on Debian 7, could > you please try on Debian 8? > > > > Em qui, 12 de jan de 2017 às 21:43, <[email protected]> escreveu: > > Hello ! > > I just tried to install mono-complete and followed exactly > the instructions here: > > http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/install/linux/ > > But the setup failed: > > + apt-get install -t wheezy mono-complete > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > mono-complete : Depends: mono-devel (= 4.6.2.16-0xamarin1) but it is not > going to be installed > Depends: mono-4.0-service (= 4.6.2.16-0xamarin1) but it is > not going to be installed > Depends: monodoc-manual (= 4.6.2.16-0xamarin1) but it is > not going to be installed > Depends: libmono-cil-dev (= 4.6.2.16-0xamarin1) but it is > not going to be installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > This was a fresh machine setup, so why could this happen? > >From my experience, sad to say, this is an ongoing problem. > > Could please have someone an eye on this? > Or are there newer instructions? > > Thanks, > Manfred > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.dot.net/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > -- > > William Ivanski - Microsoft MVP > > -- > William Ivanski - Microsoft MVP > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.dot.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fmono-list&data=02%7C01%7Calkpli%40microsoft.com%7C32566060938f4b2124b208d43b5a5038%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636198706478295752&sdata=sy9ycUigqUhAD5DUG5A8vTvkuwPK%2Fr60kKi6VqRYD%2FM%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.dot.net/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
