I feel your pain! Considering Mono is now on 4.x it's a shame the current Ubuntu package is so old. I rely on the Mono repo to stay current:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list Only run if Ubuntu>13.10 echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy-apache24-compat main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list Finally sudo apt-get update Source: http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/install/linux/#debian-ubuntu-and-derivatives -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1394088 Title: Try/catch does not catch SerialPort.Open() exception To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mono/+bug/1394088/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
