Every time I build a project using the new .NET Core RC2 templates I am not provided with a runnable .EXE file. If I hit F5 for debugging my console application it runs fine through the
C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
application. And if I use the
dotnet run
command in the folder, it runs fine as well. But I see no way to run the application without the .NET Core CLI tools.
The contents of my
bin\Debug\netcoreapp1.0\
folder looks like this:
As you can see there is no .EXE file available. Just the dll.
Am I overlooking something? Or is there something wrong with my project.json file?
{
"version": "1.0.0-*",
"buildOptions": {
"emitEntryPoint": true
},
"dependencies": {
"Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
"type": "platform",
"version": "1.0.0-rc2-3002702"
}
},
"frameworks": {
"netcoreapp1.0": {
"imports": "dnxcore50"
}
}
}
Thanks!
There are actually 2 app models in .NET Core:
Portable apps: heavily inspired by "DNX console apps", these apps don't produce .exe
files and are instead executed by the .NET Core shared runtime (whose version is defined by the Microsoft.NETCore.App
package, thanks to its special type: platform
attribute). The corresponding .NET Core runtime must be installed on the machine to be able to use portable apps. If the exact version cannot be found, an exception is thrown when running dotnet run
.
Standalone apps: standalone apps are really similar to good old .NET console apps as they produce .exe
files. The .NET Core runtime doesn't have to be installed on the machine, because it is directly embedded with the application itself.
You're currently using the first model. To use the standalone model, you need to tweak your project.json
:
runtimes
section to list the environments your app will target (e.g win7-x64
or ubuntu.14.04-x64
). You can find the complete list here.Microsoft.NETCore.App
dependency. You can replace it by this package instead: "NETStandard.Library": "1.5.0-rc2-24027"
.Here's an example of a standalone app:
{
"buildOptions": {
"emitEntryPoint": true,
"preserveCompilationContext": true,
"warningsAsErrors": true
},
"dependencies": {
"Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder": "1.0.0-rc2-final",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine": "1.0.0-rc2-final",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables": "1.0.0-rc2-final",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json": "1.0.0-rc2-final",
"Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection": "1.0.0-rc2-final",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Logging": "1.0.0-rc2-final",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console": "1.0.0-rc2-final",
"NETStandard.Library": "1.5.0-rc2-24027"
},
"frameworks": {
"net451": { },
"netcoreapp1.0": {
"dependencies": {
"System.Net.Ping": "4.0.0-rc2-24027"
},
"imports": [
"dnxcore50",
"dotnet5.6",
"portable-net451+win8"
]
}
},
"runtimes": {
"win7-x64": { }
}
}