.net-coredotnet-cli

How do I build a native binary on .NET Core using the current preview?

Using the current .NET Core preview, how do I compile (Publish?) a native binary for a console application. I am on Mac OS 10.11.

I did the following:

dotnet new
dotnet restore
dotnet publish

I kind of expected "publish" to build a native binary for me, but it did not. It places a .dll, along with some JSON, in the publish folder? I should mention the application runs fine when using dotnet run.

So, how do I get a native binary for my simple console application?

Solution

  • According to an Microsoft developer on the Slack channel, native compilation was removed/disabled in RC2 since it wasn't deemed ready yet.

    There does seem to be a little bit of interest in it, so I've been debating whether to try to get it running myself, from the CLI source.

    Otherwise, we'll just have to wait, but I agree, huge disappointment.

    Just for completeness, I should add that .NET Core and .NET Native are available for UWP / Windows Store applications, though obviously this is not cross-platform.

    Since this seems to continue to be getting attention, the new way that this is planned on being done is CoreRT, currently in active development.