Building MediaBrowser.Mono.sln on Linux

[gsnerf 26]

Hi there,

 

I'm currently trying to get MediaBrowser to compile on a linux box using Mono.

I have Mono 3.2.8 at hand. I had to fix some case sensitive filename related issues (which can be found here: https://github.com/gsnerf/MediaBrowser will create a pull request if everything is working as intended).

 

I'm currently stuck with selecting the right configuration/platform to complete the compile process.

As far as I can see I _have_ to choose Configuration "Release Mono" and system "Any CPU" or the compile process will die in MediaBrowser.Model.

If I do that however the profiles configuration will in most cases not download the necessary assembly files through nuget, as this is specifically blocked.

Is there a reason behind this?

 

Furthermore, why do I have to start MediaBrowser.mono.sln with configuration "Release Mono"? Shouldn't just Debug or Release suffice and the solution itself takes care, that subsequent packages that are multi-system are supplied with "Release Mono" where necessary?

 

In any case, great work with MediaBrowser thus far!

 

greetings,

gsnerf

[gsnerf 26]

All righty, I could compile the whole show and a quick test run shows there are no immediate bugs. I'll test more thoroughly in the comming days and see if I can also adapt the projects to also allow for debug builds.

[Luke 42077]

Excellent. So I take it you removed the nuget exclusion for release mono?

[gsnerf 26]

Yes indeed.

[Luke 42077]

Welcome. The nuget exclusion was added a few months ago to work around a mono bug at the time. If you want to remove it feel free and submit a pull request.

 

We also use the Release Mono configuration to determine which sqlite assemblies to include. If you know a better way of doing it, by all means let's do it.

[Luke 42077]

Great, only asking because i'll probably need that in the next couple days to get our ubuntu package build going. I can do it manually if you don't have it submitted by then though.

[gsnerf 26]

I think I'll send a pull request by some time tomorrow evening (GMT+1). Just want to make sure I didn't break anything in the process thats not immediatly obvious.