How do I install mono's System.Windows.Forms on Ubuntu?

Question

I haven't found any concise explanation of this.

Solution 1

So you're looking for a package containing a file called System.Windows.Forms.dll. You can search:

• on your machine: apt-file search System.Windows.Forms.dll (the apt-file package must be installed)
• online: at packages.ubuntu.com.

Both methods lead you to (as of Ubuntu 14.04):

• libmono-system-windows-forms4.0-cil and
• libmono-winforms2.0-cil.

Install it with:

sudo apt-get install libmono-system-windows-forms4.0-cil

Solution 2

Open Synaptic and search for System.Windows.Forms and select libmono-winforms2.0-cil or libmono-winforms1.0-cil and then apply.

(optional) You might need to install System.Runtime package as well. just search for that and install libmono-system-runtime2.0-cil or libmono-system-runtime1.0-cil

Solution 3

Found it via this link:

% apt-get install libmono-winforms1.0-cil libmono-winforms2.0-cil

Comments

[mishmish]

What are the other Mono dependencies besides mono-runtime and libmono-system-windows-forms4.0-cil required to run C# Windows Forms applications on Ubuntu Linux 16.04? Thank you.

[mishmish]

What are the other Mono dependencies besides mono-runtime and libmono-system-windows-forms4.0-cil required to run C# Windows Forms applications on Ubuntu Linux 16.04? Thank you.

[remcycles]

+1 for teaching me how to fish.