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✅ Build on Windows for Windows and Linux simultaneously

Hello, I'm using Visual Studio 2022 on Windows 10 and making a Console Application. I would like to configure the project to build simultaneously for both Windows 10 x64 and Debian 12 x64. How could I achieve that ? My knowledge of C# and its specificities is limited Thank you for your time

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SpReeD•3mo ago

TargetFramework .NET 8.0 and publish profiles for both OS

Wagi•3mo ago

I see thank you. Do I have to make a new Profile (.pubxml) for each configuration and platform ? It seems I cannot set multiple values for the Target's location, framework, runtime and configuration Or can I edit the Profile (.pubxml) file to achieve that ?

SpReeD•3mo ago

Yes. Maybe you like to check out the Microsoft Docs here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tutorials/publishing-with-visual-studio?pivots=dotnet-6-0 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/

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Wagi•3mo ago

Alright, thank you for your time

Pobiega•3mo ago

You don't need profiles at all. Just use dotnet publish instead and put your settings in the csproj Such as RuntimeIdentifiers

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Wagi•3mo ago

Hey, That sounds more like what I was looking for indeed. That said, I'm quite a newbie with C#. What are CI, CD, and CLI ? CLI (command line interpreter ?) I had seen the RID possibilities but I think I didn't get it to work in the .csproj file. That said the a command line doing it all is perfect. Where do I place the commands to keep using the interface and not the console ? How do I chain commands with dotnet ?

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MODiX•3mo ago

dotnet publish -c Release -r <runtime identifier> -p:PublishSingleFile=true Use of -p:PublishSingleFile=true 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 for examples. Single file publishing | Runtime Identifier (RID) catalog | dotnet publish

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Wagi•3mo ago

Would this be correct commands ?

dotnet publish --configuration Debug   --output <mypath> --self-contained true --runtime win-x64   -p:PublishSingleFile=true
dotnet publish --configuration Debug   --output <mypath> --self-contained true --runtime linux-x64 -p:PublishSingleFile=true
dotnet publish --configuration Release --output <mypath> --self-contained true --runtime win-x64   -p:PublishSingleFile=true
dotnet publish --configuration Release --output <mypath> --self-contained true --runtime linux-x64 -p:PublishSingleFile=true

dotnet publish --configuration Debug   --output <mypath> --self-contained true --runtime win-x64   -p:PublishSingleFile=true
dotnet publish --configuration Debug   --output <mypath> --self-contained true --runtime linux-x64 -p:PublishSingleFile=true
dotnet publish --configuration Release --output <mypath> --self-contained true --runtime win-x64   -p:PublishSingleFile=true
dotnet publish --configuration Release --output <mypath> --self-contained true --runtime linux-x64 -p:PublishSingleFile=true

Where would I place them within Visual Studio ?

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Wagi•3mo ago

Well, I want to debug on Windows using the debugger and release on Linux. So I don't need the pdb for Linux but doesn't Visual Studio need them to debug ?

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Wagi•3mo ago

Alright, that's where I got confused.

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Wagi•3mo ago

I see, thank you for your time and knowledge

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MODiX•3mo ago

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