I have downloaded MonoDevelop from their website at https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/ and have installed it and the GTK. However, after the installation, I cannot find the IDE anywhere. Using the search function on my computer, I have tried finding it under "mono", "monodevelop", "xamarin", "GTK", but to no avail.
I have tried launching the installer again and repairing the installation, but it still does not work. There was no shortcut created on my desktop and it had no choice for opening it directly after the installation.
I am afraid that I may have unintentionally installed a virus due to this issue.
Please help. Thank you very much!
The download page clearly says,
MonoDevelop for Windows is available from source only Please refer to the building guide for more information about how to install and configure your MonoDevelop.
So you have to build it from the source code, or use binaries built by others (mine can be found from here). (Update: I added an MSI installer https://github.com/lextm/monodevelop-windows/issues/1)
BTW, most people should use VS Community edition or VSCode. MonoDevelop on Windows does not give you much more value.