Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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An env variable can be used to disable the gecko dialogue:

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export WINEDLLOVERRIDES="mshtml="
Is there a similar way to disable the mono dialogue?

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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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Sadly I haven't found one
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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Run
wget https://winetricks.googlecode.com/svn/t ... l-gecko.sh
sh install-gecko.sh
That will prevent all future gecko and mono prompts.
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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DanKegel wrote:Run
wget https://winetricks.googlecode.com/svn/t ... l-gecko.sh
sh install-gecko.sh
That will prevent all future gecko and mono prompts.
preventing prompts and installing mono is NOT the same thing.

I mean really.. wasting hundreds of mb of space in a wineprefix that you may not even need mono in? YOu end up having like 10 wineprefixes and say 1 uses mono, but you want to waste a GB or more of space?
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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It's good enough for many users.

It would be nice, though, if there was a better way. If Wine supported an
alternate install mechanism that allowed symlinking to pre-unpacked
packages, that would be a total win. Feel free to submit a patch implementing this method.
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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Probably my request was unclear.
Is there a way to disable the installing Mono prompt in the sense that wineprefix is generated WITHOUT mono, just like when you click the ``cancel'' button.
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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Try

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export WINEDLLOVERRIDES="mscoree="
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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Thanks, creating the wineprefix with

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WINEDLLOVERRIDES="mscoree,mshtml=" wineboot -u
works fine.

I was sure there was an easy way and no need of patching wine.
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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Just be aware that the wineprefix you are creating that way is by definition broken. If you have any problems, you are on your own.
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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Yeah. I used to use that technique in winetricks, but had to stop because the
resulting wineprefix could not later re-enable gecko.
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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DanKegel wrote:Yeah. I used to use that technique in winetricks, but had to stop because the
resulting wineprefix could not later re-enable gecko.
really? I create them with things disable like that, but If I run a normal wineboot on the same prefix again with them enabled, it prompts again, or installs them if I have the files in the right place, and runs fine. I'm not sure why it would disable gecko permanently, unless it was adding that setting in the registry.
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Re: Disable Mono installing dialogue.

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I don't recall, but it was serious burnage, and I'm gunshy about trying it again.
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