MonoDevelop on Windows

Question

My google-fu has failed me - can MonoDevelop be used on Windows? Preferably without having to compile from source?

It works well on my home Ubuntu box, and while I have Visual Studio at work, it seems there might be some advantages to having MonoDevelop too.

EDIT: I'm aware of SharpDevelop; I'd prefer to have MonoDevelop if possible, just because I've started to get familiar with the interface, and I believe the SharpDevelop and MonoDevelop are not so closely related any more.

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Woohoo! MonoDevelop for Windows now has a preview installer which can be downloaded here

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MonoDevelop 2.2 beta is out, with official support for Windows. (Thanks Sergio DomingoHernando)

Answer 1

Try SharpDevelop . MonoDevelop is built on SharpDevelop's code base.

Answer 2

It's possible, but not easy. There's certainly not an installer.

This is pretty much the only guide to getting it to work: http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/monodevelop-list/2006-September/004442.html

Answer 3

It seems that MonoDevelop on Windows still has a number of outstanding problems, even when built from source (and can only be built on .NET, not on Mono). So obviously there is no installer yet either.

The answer to my question then is No, MonoDevelop on Windows is not ready for normal use.

I guess I'll make do with Visual Studio and SharpDevelop on windows and wait patiently (or maybe even have a look at the outstanding bugs...!)

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UPDATE: MonoDevelop for Windows now has a preview installer which can be downloaded here

Answer 4

There was a recent blog entry about MonoDevelop on Windows. Now is probably the time to try it out.

Update: MonoDevelop have just been released for Windows and Mac. More from Miguel's blog.

Answer 5

MonoDevelop 2.2 has official support for Windows:

Windows Support

Windows now Officially Supported

Windows is now an officially supported platform for running MonoDevelop. Many Windows specific issues have been fixed, and some add-ins such as debugging and subversion support have been written specifically for Windows.

Windows Installer

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

You can download Beta 1.