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### Open in Visual Studio
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Open the `Avalonia.sln` solution in Visual Studio 2015 or newer. The free Visual Studio Community
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-edition works fine.
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+edition works fine. Run the `Samples\ControlCatalog.Desktop` project to see the sample application.
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## Linux
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### Restore nuget packages
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-Unless you have a very current version of monodevelop (6.1.x or newer), it is necessary to manually
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-restore the Nuget depdendencies:
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```
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cd Avalonia
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mkdir -p .nuget
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mono .nuget/nuget.exe restore Avalonia.sln
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```
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-### Build Avalonia
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+### Build and Run Avalonia
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-Build avalonia with `xbuild`:
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+To build Avalonia in the `Debug` configuration:
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```
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-xbuild /p:Configuration=Release Avalonia.travis-mono.sln
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+xbuild /p:Platform=Mono /p:Configuration=Debug Avalonia.sln
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```
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-### Open Avalonia in MonoDevelop
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+You should now be able to run the ControlCatalog sample:
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+
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+```
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+mono ./samples/ControlCatalog/bin/Debug/ControlCatalog.exe
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+```
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-Start MonoDevelop and open the `Avalonia.sln` solution. Set the Samples/TestApplication
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-project as the startup project and click Run.
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+### Building Avalonia in MonoDevelop
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-There will be some compile errors in tests for the Windows platform, which can be safely
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-ignored.
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+Unless you have a very current version of monodevelop (6.1.x or newer), it is necessary to manually
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+restore the Nuget depdendencies as [mentioned above](#restore-nuget-packages). You must then
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+disable MonoDevelop's inbuilt NuGet package manager add-in by going to `Tools -> Add-in Manager` or
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+it will complain that a newer version of NuGet is needed.
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-Enjoy playing with Avalonia! You may want to explore some of the other Samples for a
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-flavor of the Platform
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+Finally, select the `Debug | Mono` or `Release | Mono` build configuration and you should be good to
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+go!
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Steven Kirk