MonoDevelop 2.4
Mono 2.8.1
So, I had trouble getting the Google API to work in MonoDevelop, so I thought I’d show you how I did it. I got this from google code:
Setting up your environment
- Download the latest ZIP file release of the client library from http://code.google.com/p/google-gdata/downloads/list
- Extract to a local directory (e.g. “/scratch/gdata.NET”)
- Use your distribution’s package management to install Mono. Alternatively, you can download it from http://www.mono-project.com.
- In some distributions you have to make sure that the nunit.framework.dll file is properly linked into the mono library. If mono was installed to “/usr/lib/mono”, then ensure that there are symbolic links in “/usr/lib/mono/1.0” and “/usr/lib/mono/2.0” for nunit.framework.dll (which should be installed in “/usr/lib/mono/gac/nunit.framework/<someversionstring>/nunit.framework.dll”).
Compiling and running samples
- Assuming you installed the client library to “/scratch/gdata.NET”, change to the “/scratch/gdata.NET/clients/cs” directory.
- Edit the Makefile depending on what version of .NET you wish to use. For .NET 1.x, use
CSC=mcs
and for .NET 2.x, use CSC=gmcs
.
- Run
make
to compile the libraries and sample applications.
- Execute
make install
if you want to install the client library DLLs into the Mono library.
Developing your own application
If you executed a make install
after compiling the client library, you should be able to include the libraries in your own code by passing -r:Google.GData.Extensions.dll -r:Google.GData.Client.dll
to the Mono C# compiler along with references to the DLL files of any specific service extensions you wish to use.
http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/articles/dotnet_client_lib.html
Now the Google API is available in the ‘Packages’ tab when you go to add references to your project.
After setting up my environment, I was still getting a security error (something about the Authentication failing). That’s because Mono is locked down by default. So, I ran this to import all of the SSL certs from Firefox (and therefore Google’s cert because I’ve logged into Google from Firefox):
mozroots –import
You just have to say yes to all the imports (there are a lot of them).