MonoDevelop in windows

Question

Is there a version of Monodevelop running on Windows? If so, where can I get it?

Answer 1

It looks like you can create and run it on Windows, but I don’t think there is a binary download. From the docs here :

Does MonoDevelop work on Windows?

Yes. MonoDevelop can be created and run on Mono on Windows, although it is still unstable and some features may not be available. We are currently working with a Windows installer, which will be available soon.

Answer 2

MonoDevelop officially supports Windows since version 2.2. You can check what's new in Monodevelop 2.2 or download the latest release .

Windows support

Windows is now officially supported

Windows is now officially supported by the MonoDevelop launch platform. Many Windows Special Issues were fixed and some add-ons, such as debugging and disruptive support, were written specifically for Windows.

Windows Installer

We are releasing the new Windows Installer, which includes almost everything you need to run MonoDevelop. The only external dependency is gtk #, which is provided in a separate installer.

Answer 3

There are no precompiled binaries, so you have to build from the source. Even so, there are apparently some problems with the stability of MonoDevelop on Windows (see here ).

Some alternatives would be SharpDevelop and / or Visual Studio Express .

Answer 4

Update: MonoDevelop version 2.2 and higher officially supports Windows. You can get the latest version here: http://monodevelop.com/Download

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There is currently no official release of Monodevelop for Windows. After learning a bit, it seems that MonoDevelop was launched as the port of SharpDevelop, which is an open .Net IDE for Windows. You might want to check out SharpDevelop and see if it fits your needs.

You can find more information on the SharpDevelop website:

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/

You can target the Mono environment when writing applications in SharpDevelop (something you cannot do with Visual Studio Express). I should have indicated this in my answer above. On the website:

SharpDevelop has the ability to compile its code against a previous version of Microsoft.NET Framework, Microsoft Compact Framework or Mono (an open source .NET Framework-sponsored implementation of the .NET Framework), if installed.

Answer 5

The easiest way to get MonoDevelop is to run openSUSE Linux under VirtualBox . It really is not that difficult. You will get a “real” Linux system with Mono and MonoDevelop running on it without any problems. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

There are currently no binaries for MonoDevelop for Windows. This is due to the fact that it has not been tested and is extremely distorted. That is: you probably won’t get more than a minute or two before it works. Hopefully with MD 2.0 now, this is something we will be able to solve soon.

Please note that MonoDevelop is not required to use Mono. You can use the same binaries that were created in Visual Studio or SharpDevelop on Mono.