Build single executable
How do I build my executable without having all of those other files/folders? Just a single .exe nothing else
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$publishsinglefile
=> $singlefile
$singlefile
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: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, but be aware of drawbacks and consider using an installer framework instead of that property with PublishSingleFile.
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 publishwill try that, thank you 🙏
Why do they have so much publishing options?
i only get this
its highly recommended to not use the publishing wizard and just learn to use the CLI instead
but no matter what i try i cant get the single exe working
always with those extra files
what exactly have you tried? what command did you use, what does your csproj look like?
i tried the command from this page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/single-file/overview?tabs=cli
Create a single file for application deployment - .NET
Learn what single file application is and why you should consider using this application deployment model.
this is my csproj
uh
thats... a .NET framework project
not modern .NET
.net framework is legacy and should not be used unless you have an extremely good reason to
<RuntimeIdentifier>RID</RuntimeIdentifier> -- Needs to be the actual RID value.
...but as @Pobiega said, .NET framework won't work well and/or publish as a single file on any platform, I think.that's correct, netfx can't produce a single file executable
Thank you
I changed it to a modern .NET version and now everything works
appreciate all of your help
Nice,!