/dotnet-packaging

Extensions for the .NET Core CLI which help packaging and publishing .NET Core applications

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Packaging utilities for .NET Core

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This repository contains command-line extensions for the .NET Core CLI which make it easy to create deployment packages (such as .zip files, tarballs or installers) for .NET Core applications.

The following commands are already available:

  • dotnet tarball - Create a .tar.gz file for Linux and OS X
  • dotnet rpm - Create a CentOS/RedHat Linux installer
  • dotnet zip - Create a .zip file
  • dotnet deb - Create a Ubuntu/Debian Linux installer

And these are up next:

  • dotnet pkg - Create a macOS installer
  • dotnet choco - Create a Chocolatey package
  • dotnet msi - Create a Windows Installer (msi) package

Did we miss anything? Feel free to file a feature request, or send a PR!

Installation

First, add the following entry to your .csproj file, under the Project node.

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Packaging.Targets" Version="0.1.56" />
  </ItemGroup>

Then, install the .NET Packaging tools:

dotnet tool install --global dotnet-zip
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-tarball
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-rpm
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-deb

Usage

From the command line, run dotnet rpm, dotnet zip or dotnet tarball to create a .rpm, .zip or .tar.gz archive of the published output of your project.

All commands take the following command line arguments:

  • -r, --runtime: Required. The target runtime has to be specified in the project file. For example, win7-x64 or ubuntu.16.10-x64.
  • -f, --framework: Required. The target framework has to be specified in the project file. For example, netcoreapp1.1 or net462.
  • -c, --configuration: Target configuration. The default for most projects is 'Debug'.
  • -v, --version: Defines the version of the package. The default is 1.0.0.

Note

You can invoke the packaging tools manually, using a MSBuild target instead of using the a .NET Core CLI tool:

dotnet msbuild [your-project].csproj /t:CreateZip /p:TargetFramework=netcoreapp1.1 /p:RuntimeIdentifier=win7-x64 /p:Configuration=Release