Cannot build on Ubuntu 16.10

[extra]

There are no obvious errors:

$ git clone https://github.com/Rupan/BDInfo.git

$ cd BDInfo

$ cd BDInfo && xbuild /p:Configuration=Release BDInfo.csproj
XBuild Engine Version 12.0
Mono, Version 4.2.1.0
Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Various Mono authors

Build started 12/8/2016 2:31:32 AM.
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Project "/tmp/BDInfo/BDInfo/BDInfo.csproj" (default target(s)):
        Target PrepareForBuild:
                Configuration: Release Platform: AnyCPU
                Created directory "bin/Release/"
                Created directory "obj/Release/"
        Target ResolveProjectReferences:
                Project "/tmp/BDInfo/ZedGraph/ZedGraph.csproj" (default target(s)):
/tmp/BDInfo/ZedGraph/ZedGraph.csproj:  warning : Project has unknown ToolsVersion '14.0'. Using the default tools version '4.0' instead.
                        Target PrepareForBuild:
                                Configuration: Release Platform: AnyCPU
                                Created directory "bin/Release/"
                                Created directory "obj/Release/"
                Done building project "/tmp/BDInfo/ZedGraph/ZedGraph.csproj".-- FAILED
        Task "MSBuild" execution -- FAILED
        Done building target "ResolveProjectReferences" in project "/tmp/BDInfo/BDInfo/BDInfo.csproj".-- FAILED
Done building project "/tmp/BDInfo/BDInfo/BDInfo.csproj".-- FAILED

Build FAILED.

Warnings:

/tmp/BDInfo/BDInfo/BDInfo.csproj (default targets) ->
/usr/lib/mono/4.5/Microsoft.Common.targets (ResolveProjectReferences target) ->
/tmp/BDInfo/ZedGraph/ZedGraph.csproj (default targets) ->

        /tmp/BDInfo/ZedGraph/ZedGraph.csproj:  warning : Project has unknown ToolsVersion '14.0'. Using the default tools version '4.0' instead.

         1 Warning(s)
         0 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:00.4999300

$ mono -V
Mono JIT compiler version 4.2.1 (Debian 4.2.1.102+dfsg2-7ubuntu4)
Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Novell, Inc, Xamarin Inc and Contributors. www.mono-project.com
        TLS:           __thread
        SIGSEGV:       altstack
        Notifications: epoll
        Architecture:  amd64
        Disabled:      none
        Misc:          softdebug 
        LLVM:          supported, not enabled.
        GC:            sgen

$ xbuild /version
XBuild Engine Version 12.0
Mono, Version 4.2.1.0
Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Various Mono authors

Trying with the latest version of Mono (4.6.2) also fails, but with 0 errors / warnings:

$ xbuild /p:Configuration=Release BDInfo.csproj
XBuild Engine Version 14.0
Mono, Version 4.6.2.0
Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Various Mono authors

Build started 12/8/2016 2:27:21 AM.
__________________________________________________
Project "/tmp/BDInfo/BDInfo/BDInfo.csproj" (default target(s)):
        Target PrepareForBuild:
                Configuration: Release Platform: AnyCPU
        Target ResolveProjectReferences:
                Project "/tmp/BDInfo/ZedGraph/ZedGraph.csproj" (default target(s)):
                        Target PrepareForBuild:
                                Configuration: Release Platform: AnyCPU
                Done building project "/tmp/BDInfo/ZedGraph/ZedGraph.csproj".-- FAILED
        Task "MSBuild" execution -- FAILED
        Done building target "ResolveProjectReferences" in project "/tmp/BDInfo/BDInfo/BDInfo.csproj".-- FAILED
Done building project "/tmp/BDInfo/BDInfo/BDInfo.csproj".-- FAILED

Build FAILED.
         0 Warning(s)
         0 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:00.5445450

[Rupan]

I recently updated the code to split out the ZedGraph dependency into a separate DLL (and revert back to the latest upstream ZedGraph release). You have a couple of options at the moment:

1. Check out tag 0.5.8; this version will build as documented.
2. Run the xbuild command against the top-level solution (BDInfo.sln).

I just updated the build instructions in the README, can you try again and see how it goes?

[BRTPOB]

I know this is almost a year old, but I'm running into the exact same problem attempting to build at the top-level solution.

[Rupan]

I'll check again. There is an updated version of Mono available upstream, please ensure that you're using it instead of the distribution-supplied mono.

[bubonic]

@extra

I had the same exact log as you when I tried to build this on Ubuntu 17.04. The solution was:

sudo apt-get install mono-devel

Which allows you to compile the source. Everything works for me now. Rupan should add that prerequisite in the README.md file.