C#•2y ago

✅ EXE from MAUI

I made a program with MAUI. It runs with VS fine, but now I want to install this program on another computer. I think I need an EXE or some sort of executable. How to I do this? Did some research, could not find a working solution.

12 Replies

Angius•2y ago

You need to publish your app

SR1909OP•2y ago

@Angius tried to, got a folder with 282 items... most are .dll files

Angius•2y ago

$singlefile

MODiX•2y ago

dotnet publish -c Release -r <runtime identifier> -p:PublishSingleFile=true Use of -r|--runtime implies --self-contained true. Add --self-contained false to publish as runtime-dependent. -r RID and -p:PublishSingleFile=true can be moved to .csproj as the following properties:

<RuntimeIdentifier>RID</RuntimeIdentifier>
<PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>

<RuntimeIdentifier>RID</RuntimeIdentifier>
<PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>

but to target multiple RIDs, you have to use dotnet publish with the -r option for each RID. You can also add -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true to include native libraries (like Common Language Runtime dlls) in the output executable. You might want to instead publish your application compiled Ahead Of Time to native code, see $nativeaot. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/single-file https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/rid-catalog https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-publish

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Angius•2y ago

This will be of use, then

SR1909OP•2y ago

That is something I haven't tried yet. I am going to try it now, thanks for the quick response! @Angius Seems to be not possible on MAUI projects for some reason

Monsieur Wholesome•2y ago

@Angius MAUI projects cannot be published into a folder They are Microsoft-Store only