Saturday, January 23, 2016

Show Debian/Ubuntu/Mint package version using apt-cache

$: apt-cache show monodevelop | grep Version

How to install git on Debian 8.x(Jessie)

#: apt-get install git

Assign keyboard shortcut to lxterminal on LXDE

On my Debian 8.2 LXDE minimal install, need to assign keyboard shortcut to open lxterminal. To assign keyboard binding in LXDE, open ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml then add the following inside <keyboard> element:
Then run the following to for OpenBox/LXDE to reload the configuration.
$:  openbox --reconfigure
Reference(s):
http://superuser.com/questions/807047/how-to-add-a-shortcut-key-to-the-terminal-in-lxde

Change LXDE keybinding without logging out

When you make edits to ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml to change keybinding, you have two options to make the changes take effect. First option is to logout or second option is to run the following command:
$:  openbox --reconfigure

Reference(s):
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Questions#How_do_I_modify_mouse.2Fkeyboard_bindings.3F

Friday, January 22, 2016

The type or namespace name `Gtk' could not be found. Are you missing an assembly reference?

After fixing items below related to MonoDevelop on Linux Mint 7.3, another error shows up:
http://8thstring.blogspot.com/2016/01/monodevelop-does-not-start-on-linux.html
http://8thstring.blogspot.com/2016/01/could-not-obtain-c-compiler-c-compiler.html

The type or namespace name `Gtk' could not be found. Are you missing an assembly reference?

To fix install gtk-sharp-2.0 libraries, like:
$: sudo apt-get install gtk-sharp2


Thursday, January 21, 2016

Could not obtain a C# compiler. C# compiler not found for Mono / .Net 4.0

Tried to build a monodevelop project in Linux Mint 17.3 but got the following error message

Could not obtain a C# compiler. C# compiler not found for Mono / .Net 4.0
To fix this do:
$: sudo apt-get install mono-gmcs

Reference(s):
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8022653/c-sharp-compiler-not-found-when-building-a-package-monodevelop-linux

Monodevelop does not start on Linux Mint 7.3

This is issue is similar to this one but different dependencies. So, I have installed monodevelop like:
$: sudo apt-get install monodevelop
Unfortunately it is not working. Need to install the following dependencies to make it to work
$: sudo apt-get install libmono-cairo2.0-cil

Installing QNX 6.4.1 on Ubuntu 20.04

Installing QNX 6.4.1 on Ubuntu 20.04 Install pre-requisites $: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 $: sudo apt update $: sudo apt install li...