This is the same as 6459, but with a bit more info System dual AMD 64 FC4 Mono 1.1.9.bin installer rodney@dyer ~ $ cat /etc/ld.so.conf include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf /usr/local/lib /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/X11R6/lib64 /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/lib/mysql /usr/lib64/mysql /opt/mono-1.1.9/lib rodney@dyer ~ $ /sbin/ldconfig -p | grep gnomesharp libgnomesharpglue.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgnomesharpglue.so libgnomesharpglue.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib/libgnomesharpglue.so libgnomesharpglue.so (libc6) => /opt/mono-1.1.9/lib/libgnomesharpglue.so libgnomesharpglue-2.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgnomesharpglue-2.so libgnomesharpglue-2.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib/libgnomesharpglue-2.so libgnomesharpglue-2.so (libc6) => /opt/mono-1.1.9/lib/libgnomesharpglue-2.so rodney@dyer ~ $ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/mono-1.1.9/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH rodney@dyer ~ $ monodevelop Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Gnome.ModuleInfo ---> System.DllNotFoundException: gnomesharpglue-2 in (wrapper managed-to-native) Gnome.ModuleInfo:gnomesharp_gnome_moduleinfo_get_name_offset () in <0x00008> Gnome.ModuleInfo:.cctor ()--- End of inner exception stack trace --- in <0x00000> in <0x00025> Gnome.Modules:get_UI () in <0x00455> MonoDevelop.SharpDevelopMain:Main (System.String[] args)