monodevelop 1.0 pkg cannot find libgtkembedmoz.so

[matt_hargett]

Binary package hint: monodevelop

When I start monodevelop, I see this output:
WARNING: Cannot find Mozilla directory containing libgtkembedmoz.so. Some Addins may not be able to function. Please set MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to your Mozilla directory.

It would be great if the package set things up properly for an Ubuntu layout by default.

[manimaul (manimaul)]

Exact same error for me also. Installed hardy from an apt-get dist-upgrade (not a fresh install) .

[Jason Erbskorn (mrguy)]

I did a system search and libgtkembedmoz.so is no longer included for some reason, off of yesterday's daily build of Hardy. Neither /usr/lib/xulrunner-* or /usr/lib/firefox contain it, which is where it should be. Many applications, including adobe reader, use this plugin and I can't find any package that includes it in the repository. Please update either the firefox for xulrunner packages to include it.

[ben4launchpad (bruno-webreg)]

Same warning message when I run MonoDevelop 1.9.2 downloaded and installed manually (using instructions kindly provided here http://blog.baelemans.com/post/2008/04/Installing-Mono-19-and-MonoDevelop-10-on-Ubuntu-Linux.aspx

[GlenB (glenbirkbeck)]

Same error for me. Fresh install of Ubuntu 8.04, retained old $HOME partition from Ubuntu 7.10.

sudo find / -name libgtkembedmoz.so -print
/usr/lib/xulrunner/libgtkembedmoz.so

$MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is not set to anything.
Manually setting it on the command line:

MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME='/usr/lib/xulrunner'

Doesnt make any difference, same error.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

I'm seeing this too sadly. Attached is the console output from running `monodevelop'

[Joseph Method (tristil)]

export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/xulrunner/ makes the error message go away for me on 8.04. I don't see any change in functionality, though.

[Joseph Method (tristil)]

Sorry, this is after installing libxul0d

[Jérôme Martin (gooogle)]

Hi,

i have the same problem with the ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.

I install mono 1.9.1 from the apt-get command and i miss gecko-sharp for my projects i developed with Ubuntu 7.10 and older mono 1.2.6.

So i have this message when i launch either monodevelop nor my own soft using gecko-sharp.

"WARNING: Cannot find Mozilla directory containing libgtkembedmoz.so. Some Addins may not be able to function. Please set MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to your Mozilla directory."

[Jérôme Martin (gooogle)]

Hi again,

for all which have this problem on ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, you can do this command :

sudo apt-get install libgecko2.0-cil

In fact, this package didn't appear on the synaptic manager when i searched gecko, but it appeared when i did the command :

apt-cache search gecko

So with the first command, i can use again the gecko-sharp-2.0, and even if i still have Warning for monodevelop, i can use Gecko namespace on my own projects.

[GlenB (glenbirkbeck)]

Thanks for info Jérôme, unfortunately I dont know what gecko is and the libgecko package is already installed :-(

[Gareth Goslett (gareth005)]

I found this file in the thunderbird folder so the following worked:
"MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/thunderbird monodevelop"

Unfortunately syntax highlighting is still not working but the warning is gone :(

[Gareth Goslett (gareth005)]

Syntax highlighting is fixed for me, I checked again and noticed that I had switched it off while trying to get it working :)

[Ben (ben-redhat-bugs)]

Description of problem:

monodevelop prints the following diagnostic output on startup:

    WARNING: Cannot find Mozilla directory containing libgtkembedmoz.so. Some
    Addins may not be able to function. Please set MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to your
    Mozilla directory.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

monodevelop-0.19-6.fc9.i386

How reproducible:

100% reproducible

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run "monodevelop"

Actual results:

Diagnostic output as described above.

Expected results:

No diagnostic output.

Additional info:

I see a copy of the missing library in "/usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0.0.14", and the
diagnostic output goes away if I set MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to this directory. But I
shouldn't have to do this manually, and monodevelop probably shouldn't depend on
thunderbird anyway.

[Paul (paul-redhat-bugs)]

It doesn't really make a difference to be honest in the operation of monodevelop
and to require thunderbird is a pain.

If you don't set it, does it cause a problem?

[Ben (ben-redhat-bugs)]

I'm seeing a large number of launch-time error messages about add-ins that could
not be started. Since the error message I described here states that "Some
Addins may not be able to function," I thought this might be the cause. But the
add-in errors remain even if I set MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to
/usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0.0.14, so perhaps that's an unrelated problem. I'll
file a new bug report for the add-in errors.

As for this problem, well, if it doesn't cause problems then the warning message
itself is misleading. If the warning is frivolous then it should be removed.

[Ben (ben-redhat-bugs)]

A frivolous warning is a bug, but not a very pressing one. Changing priority to "low".

[Paul (paul-redhat-bugs)]

It's not even a bug to be honest as it's not required. That said, I'm going to see what happens with it in rawhide...

[Paul (paul-redhat-bugs)]

Closing the bug - it's a warning that really has no effect on the running of MD.

[Feathertail (feathertail-deactivatedaccount)]

I get this error when trying to run Monodevelop. Sadly, even after following the steps here it still won't start up. I suspect that's the result of a separate bug.

[Frank (frank-scriptzone)]

I can confirm this bug on Natty (11.04)

[Doug Blank (doug-blank)]

Same issue on 11.10.