I'm guessing they'll end up creating a new repository for 20.04 sooner or later, but until then this will work. Step 1: Install MonoDevelopĪs of this writing the Mono project does not yet have repositories specific for newer versions of Ubuntu (neither 19.x or 20.x), so we'll use the 18.04 repository instead. Similar steps should work for related versions of Ubuntu like 19.04 and the just-released 20.04, but you'll have to substitute version-specific commands and URLs where necessary. You might be interested in my Visual Studio Code Devcontainer configuration that should allow you to comfortably develop Stardew Valley Mods on Linux using VS Code, which is a more light-weight environment to boot.Īs of the posting of this article I am running Ubuntu 19.10, so the commands in this article are specific to this version. The below guide should still work even on more recent versions of Ubuntu, but it is a matter of time before something breaks. This means they have now fully abandoned official and maintained Linux compatibility. Update: Unfortunately Microsoft has decided to archive the MonoDevelop project and fork, rebrand, and only focus on the Mac version of it (now called Visual Studio for Mac). Today I'll run through the steps I took to get MonoDevelop set up correctly for SMAPI and SMAPI Mod development. As with all things Linux, you occasionally run into a quirk or issue that is either caused by the project not primarily being developed or maintained for Linux, or more directly due to a Linux oddity.

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