Running picoscope 6.10.1 with homebrew-installed mono

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vivekgani
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Running picoscope 6.10.1 with homebrew-installed mono

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Hey, I'm trying to get this to run but using my mono 3.8.0 installation done via homebrew (http://brew.sh) instead of installing mono manually.

When opening PicoScope 6.10.1 it doesn't seem to detect the installation. I have already tried re-linking mono within homebrew, but still get the message. Just FYI, overall excited about the prospect of buying a usb scope that works with the mac.

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Re: Running picoscope 6.10.1 with homebrew-installed mono

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Hi Vivek,

I am assuming that mono installation ended up in a different location than normal mono MRE installer would put itself to (/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework).
In the PicoScope6 installation you may want to edit 'picoscope' script (located under Contents/MacOS) and adjust DYLD_FALBACK_LIBRARY_PATH entry in the export. Also verify that 'mono' command is available in the shell.

Mario

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Re: Running picoscope 6.10.1 with homebrew-installed mono

Post by nikolaus »

For anyone else coming here: the new version of the PicoScope app can detect the Homebrew Mono installation. However, Homebrew Mono doesn't come with Gtk-Sharp, which PicoScope uses for its GUI. I recommend for now using the official Mono installer rather than the Homebrew formula.

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