Ubuntu 24.04 install fails (dwsim_8.8.3-amd64.deb)

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Hello Daniel,

I am trying to install using:

sudo apt-get install ./dwsim_8.8.3-amd64.deb

but get the following errors:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 dwsim : Depends: mono-vbnc (>= 4.0) but it is not installable
         Depends: gtk-sharp2 (>= 2.12) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

There seems to be no packages available:

sudo apt-get install ./dwsim_8.8.3-amd64.deb
sudo aptitude search gtk-sharp2

Your help and guidance would be very much appreciated. Thank you for this wonderful software!

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Hello Daniel,

Some more information that might help us:
I do have mono-complete:

sudo aptitude search mono-complete
i   mono-complete   - complete Mono runtime, development tools and all libraries

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79148765/vb-net-compiler-using-mono-in-ubuntu-24-04
Mono is a chapter done and closed. Did you evaluate .NET 8 and why not switch to that? BTW, Mono VB was never mature enough so it's not in mono-complete. –
Lex Li Nov 1, 2024 at 17:35

[Daniel Medeiros]

Hi,

That was expected. I don't get any support from Linux users (= almost no Patrons) in order to keep working on it in the long-term, so the only alternative I see for you is to use a virtual machine with an older version of Ubuntu.

Regards
Daniel