MonoDevelop in windows

Question

is there a version of Monodevelop that run on windows ? if so where can i get ? thx in advance

Answer 1

It looks like you can build it and run it on Windows, but I don't think there is a binary download available yet. From the docs, here:

Does MonoDevelop work on Windows?

Yes. MonoDevelop can be built and run on Mono on Windows, although it is still unstable and some features may not be available. We are currently working on a Windows installer that will be soon be available.

Answer 2

There are no precompiled binaries, so you'd have to build from source. Even then, there seems to be some stability issues running MonoDevelop on Windows (see here).

Some alternatives would be SharpDevelop and/or Visual Studio Express.

Answer 3

There is currently no official release of Monodevelop for windows. After researching it a little bit, it seems that MonoDevelop was started as a port of SharpDevelop which is an open source .Net IDE for windows. Perhaps you may want to look into SharpDevelop and see if it meets your needs.

You can find out more information at the SharpDevelop website:

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/

EDIT: Just wanted to add that you can specifically target the Mono framework when writing apps in SharpDevelop (something you can't do with Visual Studio Express). I should have pointed this out in my answer above. From the website:

SharpDevelop has the ability to compile your code against previous versions of Microsoft's .NET Framework, Microsoft's Compact Framework or Mono (an open source implementation of the .NET Framework sponsored by Novell) if they are installed.

Answer 4

There is not currently binaries available for MonoDevelop for Windows. This is because it has not been tested and is extremely buggy. Ie: you will probably not get more a minute or two of use before it crashes. Hopefully with MD 2.0 now out, this is something we will soon have time to address.

Note that you do not need MonoDevelop to use Mono. You can use the same binaries produced from Visual Studio or SharpDevelop on Mono.

Answer 5

The easiest way now to get MonoDevelop is running openSUSE Linux under VirtualBox. It's really no so hard. You will get "real" linux system with Mono & MonoDevelop running on it without any issues. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

MonoDevelop officially supports Windows since 2.2. You can check the what's new in Monodevelop 2.2 or download the last release.

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.