Unclear how to get working with mono

I saw on twitter that bstrings.exe should work with latest mono version. When I try to run it I get:

$ bstrings.exe 

Unhandled Exception:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'NLog, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5120e14c03d0593c' or one of its dependencies.
File name: 'NLog, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5120e14c03d0593c'
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'NLog, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5120e14c03d0593c' or one of its dependencies.
File name: 'NLog, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5120e14c03d0593c'

NLog is not packaged in Ubuntu’s repository and googling for instructions on how to install NLog for Mono on Linux yields imprecise information for someone not familiar with .net/mono’s terminology.

Looking at packages.config I guess we need to install FluentCommandLineParser also.

Can’t these be inlined at build time or provided as .dll? Or mono install/build instructions provided? Thanks!

[EricZimmerman]

no, because it is a GUI program and you would need $800+ of 3rd party controls to compile it. Time to run a VM of Windows i think =)

[DanielCasali]

I have mono 6.8.0.96, I did fixed that error but now past that I got 2020-06-11 20:55:37.0332||DEBUG|CoreWebSample.Program|init main |url: |action: 2020-06-11 20:55:37.5750||ERROR|CoreWebSample.Program|Stopped program because of exception System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel.CompilationLibrary' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions.RuntimeEnvironment' threw an exception. ---> System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Operation is not supported on this platform. at Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions.Native.PlatformApis.DetermineOSPlatform () [0x00000] in <849748ea978442d08f2ca5adf844bda9>:0 So I believe it would be better to open a new thread. Thank you though!