How can I get/run the 'gsharp' GUI wrapper for the csharp REPL in Mono?

Question

Mono's C# REPL has on its page this bit of info:

A GUI version of this tool is called gsharp and is available when you install the mono-tools package

The same bit of info is mentioned in the Mono 2.2 release notes.

However, while I've installed the 30-day trial of mono-tools (vsix for VS2010), and the normal Mono for Windows package (2.10.8), I don't see anything in either that lets me open the window from the screen shot "C# InteractiveBase Shell". I also can't find any files on my disk (after installing both) starting with 'gsharp'

Did 'gsharp' move somewhere else?

I know the source is available as part of the mono-tools repo @ https://github.com/mono/mono-tools/tree/master/gsharp, but just trying to find a 'release build' to use instead if possible. :)

Answer 1

Mono-tools for Visual Studio is a former product of Novell, which is discontinued (which Xamarin doesn't offer either).

I recommend you try to install Mono for Windows official bundle from http://www.mono-project.com/ If that installer doesn't include it, I recommend you compile mono-tools yourself, shouldn't be very hard with cygwin or mingw32.

PS: Note, "Mono tools for Visual Studio" and the "mono-tools" module (https://github.com/mono/mono-tools) are two different things.

(BTW, Mono 2.2 is very old. Only accept Mono 2.10.x or higher nowadays)