[arch-general] What's with F# and mono?

[Squall Lionheart]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org>wrote:

> I'm just starting to dip my toes in the mono waters.  Slightly
> prompted by my current situation at work.  In particular I'm
> interested in F#, but I'm finding the whole situation around
> mono/monodevelop + F# a bit confusing.
>
> 1. There are indications online that mono ships with F# [^1][^2].  But
>    the mono package in Arch doesn't include F#.  Looking at the
>    sources used to build the mono package there is no F# in sight.
>    Was it ever there?
>
> 2. The package on AUR[^3] for fsharp is rather outdated.  Not such a
>    big problem, the building received a lot of TLC so the package is
>    extremely simple to bring up-to-date.
>
> 3. Is there an F# add-in for monodevelop?  There seems to have been
>    one back in 2010, but it's not distributed any more, [^4].
>    However, other places say there is an add-in available, [^5]
>    (however, downloading fails).
>
> So, can anyone help me get a clearer picture of F# on mono (and
> ArchLinux)?
>
> /M
>
> [^1]: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Nov-11.html - talking of
> plans to include F# in mono.
>
> [^2]: http://is.gd/cNC5xb- - "F# is included in the standard Mono
> release, but it's still missing from the MonoDevelop IDE."
>
> [^3]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fsharp/
>
> [^4]: http://is.gd/YndnsA- - bug on F# add-in missing, closed for MD
> 2.4, the last comment suggests it'd be re-opened
>
> [^5]: http://is.gd/YndnsA- which links to
> http://addins.monodevelop.com/Project/Index/48
>
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I had this running in Arch using the packages from the standard
repositories several months ago (new system since then).  I had to compile
and install F# manually from [1].  If memory serves, I had to install an
add-on/plug-in in mono develop for F# support to work.

[1] https://github.com/fsharp/fsharp

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