Install Git Extensions on Ubuntu 16.04

Installation (Linux)

You can watch this video as a starting point: Install Git Extensions on Ubuntu 11.04

For further help go to https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/gitextensions

This section only covers mono installation, you should have git installed in your Linux at this point. Please refer to https://git-scm.com/download/linux

First, make sure you have the latest mono version on your Linux. This section will cover installation of Mono 4.6 on a Linux.

1. Install mono latest version. You can always check for this here: http://www.mono-project.com/download/#download-lin

2. If everything went okay, you should open your terminal and check mono version:

   $ mono --version
   Mono JIT compiler version 4.6.1 (Stable 4.6.1.5/ef43c15 Wed Oct 12 09:10:37 UTC 2016)
   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

3. Now download Git Extensions latest version from https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/releases/latest. Remember to select the appropriate package otherwise you could have problems.

4. Browse into the folder where you extracted the package and just run mono command, like the example below:

   $ mono GitExtensions.exe

5. 问题及解决
   $ mono GitExtensions.exe          报错
   
   Unhandled Exception:
   System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies.
   File name: 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'
   [ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies.
   File name: 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'
   
   执行 $ sudo apt-get install mono-complete 后，再重新执行$ mono GitExtensions.exe ，成功安装。