The C# compilers are written in C#. So, yeah, you've got to have *something* on your system that can compile C#. That can either be a previous Mono installation or the mono-lite package as you've found out.
Sent from phone. Please excuse brevity and mistakes. On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:29, Mike Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm getting the error: >> >> make[6]: Entering directory `/home/mike/mono/mcs' >> make[6]: gmcs: Command not found >> make[6]: *** [build/deps/basic-profile-check.exe] Error 127 >> make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/mike/mono/mcs' >> *** The compiler 'gmcs' doesn't appear to be usable. >> *** You need Mono version 2.4 or better installed to build MCS >> *** Read INSTALL.txt for information on how to bootstrap a Mono installation. >> make[5]: *** [do-profile-check] Error 1 >> >> The docs at: >> >> http://mono-project.com/Compiling_Mono_From_Git#Checking_out_for_the_first_time >> >> Seem to hint I need the Mono compiler installed before I can build >> Mono.. What's the most straight forward way to do this on OpenSuSE >> 11.4? >> >> I do have gmsc.exe on another machine (version 2.6) - Can I just copy >> that somewhere and set EXTERNAL_MCS? Thanks! > > Ok I tried the > > make get-monolite-latest > > thing, and it seems to have built and the unit tests are passing.. > haven't done a make install yet.. > > Is there a reason why the build script can't just build gmcs and then > run it? I assume if this were easy it would work that way already > though :) > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
