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created: 2008-10-08 15:23:14 +0200
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title: Mono + WinForms
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updated: 2009-07-17 23:15:27 +0200
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**Installation manual:** [mono-project.com](http://www.mono-project.com/WinForms_Designer#Installation)  
**Forum:** [UbuntuForums.org](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=468183)

The `System.Windows.Forms.dll` is contained in the [mono-winforms2.0-cil](apt://mono-winforms2.0-cil) package. The file
resides in `/usr/lib/mono/2.0/`. To make it show up in MonoDevelop, you might have to create a file `/usr/lib/pkgconfig/windows-forms.pc`
with the following contents:

~~~
prefix=/usr
exec_prefix=${prefix}
pkglibdir=${exec_prefix}/lib/mono/2.0

Name: System.Windows.Forms
Description: Windows Forms for Mono
Version: 2.0.0.0

Libs: -r:${pkglibdir}/System.Windows.Forms.dll
~~~

Afterwards you can add this as a Reference to your project in MonoDevelop.