embedding dependencies within standalone executables

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hello everyone~

i’ve just finished coding the first release of a tool i intend to use to help me finish another, bigger project not using monogame [or indeed c# !] and i want to create a standalone executable of it, but i’m running into some trouble.

i understand that users will need to install the .NET core runtimes and whatnot to run the tool, but things such as “MonoGame.Framework.dll”, “libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib”, the entire /content folder, and so on… surely these can all be compiled into one mostly selfcontained standalone executable [minus the .NET framework, of course]?

it’s understandable if the content folder has to stay outside, but surely the monogame framework should be embedded within the finished product where the end user can’t intefere with it =]

i have looked all over everywhere i could find for answers, but all i could find were people misunderstanding the nature of .NET… i realise this might be more of a c# issue than strictly monogame, but i wanted to ask here first - any advice you could send my way would be invaluble.

mouse

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First google entry led me to https://github.com/Fody/Costura

Never used it, though.

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then, there’s really no way to do it within the ide? I’ll just have to live with it?

that is… very disappointing.

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Why do you like bad embedded method? Fody/Costura? Shit

It is better with MONO PROJECT because Mono can generate single executable without installed net frameworks 4.5 :wink:

Please remember mkbundle --static --deps -L “C:\Program Files (x86)\Mono\lib\mono\4.5” yourgame.exe -o yourgame_bundled.exe -v

Than you will try bundled executable another computer what does it happen? No problem :slight_smile:

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hi jens! what you’re describing sounds very promising, but i’m having a little difficulty understanding - do you have any links to documentation of the feature you’re describing?

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@Mouse, check Mono Project mkbundle. I hope you can read Mono Project documentation.