[Pkg-mono-devel] Install mono from git

[Jo Shields]

On 03/02/17 12:20, _dj wrote:
> Hi, everybody! I work with.NET. I'm new in Linux. I needed
> System.Web.Instrumentation namespace. I've found it in
> https://github.com/mono/mono/tree/master/mcs/class/referencesource/System.Web/Instrumentation.
> I've installed mono from main repo using git to /usr/local/lib/ according to
> http://www.mono-project.com/docs/compiling-mono/linux/. I installed it well,
> but System.Web.Instrumentation does not appear. I copied mono from
> /usr/lib/. Same problem. Why is it not implemented? Why it was not compiled?

/referencesource/ is a directory containing a complete set of source
from "Reference Source", a git repository reflecting lots of the
Microsoft.NET class library.

Not every file in /referencesource/ is actually used by Mono - only
selected pieces, on a per-file basis.