Mono - Could not load file or assembly

Question

Hi, i just exported my project to my new imac an loaded my solution into monodevelop. After the successfully compilation i started the project, and i always getting the same error.

** (/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/2.6.1/lib/mono/2.0/xsp2.exe:1576): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /private/var/folders/9y/9ypfv24bEwieHw+Yy+PUsU+++TI/-Tmp-/nhu-temp-aspnet-0/ebc9e2c6/assembly/shadow/7f5f6265/859daf16_fac2cd73_00000001/Centrism.Administration.UI.dll could not be loaded: Assembly: Centrism.Core (assemblyref_index=3) Version: 0.0.3688.40278 Public Key: (none) The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/var/folders/9y/9ypfv24bEwieHw+Yy+PUsU+++TI/-Tmp-/nhu-temp-aspnet-0/ebc9e2c6/assembly/shadow/7f5f6265/859daf16_fac2cd73_00000001/).

** (/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/2.6.1/lib/mono/2.0/xsp2.exe:1576): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'Centrism.Core, Version=0.0.3688.40278, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies.

In other projects the assembly works correct and can be loaded.

Answer 1

I guess I'm going to ask the obvious:

Do you have Centrism.Core.dll somewhere that Mono knows about and can get to?

Answer 2

If your project is referencing the Centrism.Administration.UI.dll, and it is not in the GAC on your iMac, the easiest solution would probably be to set the reference to that assembly to "Local Copy". For web projects, this will copy the assembly into the application's Bin directory, where xsp should be able to pick it up.