Unable to run .net app with Mono - mscorlib.dll not found (version mismatch?)

Question

I have a simple .net command line tool written and compiled under Windows, using .net 3.5SP1. I would like to run it on Linux using Mono.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04, and installed Mono Runtime using the Ubuntu software center. If I try to start my app in the terminal by doing:

mono MyApp.exe

I get the error:

The assembly mscorlib.dll was not found or could not be loaded. It should have been installed in the 'usr/lib/mono/2.0/mscorlib.dll'.

If I navigate to that location, I see that it does not exist. However, there is usr/lib/mono/4.0/mscorlib.dll (and some more DLLs in the same folder).

So seemingly there is a version mismatch.

[in case it matters, mono -V shows Mono JIT compiler version 2.10.8.1 (Debia 2.10.8.1-1ubuntu2) ]

Solution 1

I got it to work by installing mono-complete:

sudo apt-get install mono-complete

After that, I had folders 2.0, 3.5, 4.0 and more under usr/lib/mono

Solution 2

If you just want to run it, sudo apt-get install libmono2.0-cil libmono-system-net2.0-cil mono-runtime may suffice.

Solution 3

i got the same problem, for my distro (ubuntu 12. 32 Bit ), mono-complete has not been available. so i just installed the following packages, and mono with the most important dlls has been available:

sudo apt-get install mono-dmcs
sudo apt-get install mono-gmcs
sudo apt-get install mono-devel

Solution 4

the package you're looking for was "libmono-system.data2.0-cil" which is installed with Mono-complete

Solution 5

I ran sudo apt-get purge mono-* and then sudo apt-get install mono-complete. This created the files in /usr/lib/mono, however the error was still generated where it was looking for the file in /usr/local/lib/mono which didn't exist.

Tried to change MONO_PATH to the correct location, but didn't work. Finally ended up copying the whole directory to /usr/local/lib which finally got it to work.

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Comments

[Lex Li]

Did you try to use app.config to set supportedRuntime to .NET 4 on Windows first? Then you should be able to use Mono to run it as .NET 4, as mono executable should pick it up as .NET 4 app.

[bob]

I got the same issue with NOOB v1.2. After I started again with Raspbian "Wheezy" os, as Lex pointed out, having <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" /> in app.config made my app to use correct version (4.0) and I didn't have to install mono-complete.

[natli]

For those experiencing this issue with the 3.4 release, see stackoverflow.com/questions/22285830/…

[m3nda]

This answer is more accurate than "install full mono". Full mono need ~170Mb while NET 2.0 libs are about ~45Mb.

[Tagc]

Unfortunately, this did not work for me (pastebin.com/XduV6vPd). Installing mono-complete took a fair bit more time, but it resolved the issue.

[NIA]

@Tagc For me the message disappeared after I additionally did sudo apt-get install libmono-system-net2.0-cil