[5.5.1f1 under Ubuntu 16.04] MonoDelevelop doesn't launch

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I installed Unity 5.5.1f1 three times in a row, thinking that something had gone wrong but it appears that, whatever I do, MonoDevelop doesn’t start from within editor. It doesn’t start at all anyway.

I labelled it “bug” but it’s something different; a bug does not happen systematically.

Somebody posted a way to fix the situation but I don’t understand what to do with it. It’s here (I hope the author won’t mind that I post a link to it here) : [GUIDE] How to use Monodevelop as default IDE under Ubuntu - Unity Engine - Unity Discussions

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In the Preferences->External Editor section, use the browse button and locate the monodevelop binary shipped with Unity. it seems the ‘use internal monodevelop’ setting does not find it correctly.

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Sorry, forgot about that; it’s the first thing I did and it doesn’t work either.

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Do you have the dependencies for MD? (They’re not shipped with unity today - we only have them listed as “Recommends” in the debian package.)

apt install monodevelop mono-reference-assemblies-2.0 mono-reference-assemblies-3.5 may get you somewhere.

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Ah, that could be it, since Unity was installed through the Ubuntu “store” (sorry, I don’t remember it’s exact name. The deb package is open with the software installer and nothing is listed there.

Thanks!

Anyway, I consider switching to Linux Mint, I hate Unity, the user interface that is installed by default with Ubuntu and I don’t want to bother with installing a different one. Linux Mint Cinnamon suits me better. :slight_smile: