> I tried to install Mono using apt-get. Seems, for PPC at least, there > is an unmet dependancy: mono-assemblies-arch. > > Has anybody else tried running Mono on PPC Debian? Is there a solution > to this problem, other than building from source?
Well, I did, but it might not have been the most simple way to do it... Actually, the solution is quite simple: build the mcs source (which gives mono-assemblies-arch among other things) yourself. However, to do that, you need to already have a working mcs (the mono C# compiler)... This all looks just like a beautiful mess to me. I managed to build the package using a mono installation I made from tarball, and now have a working mono installation on my PPC. Ask me if you have any question, I'm no gooroo, but I hope I'll be able to help. However I can tell you that mono works great on PPC, I'm actually using it to develop a toy app, and notticed no PPC related problem so far. Hope this helped. -- Alain Perry
