Is it possible to create the deb package as part of the standard build process? #124

New Issue

claunia · 2026-01-29T16:30:05Z

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:30:05 +00:00

Originally created by @stephen-swensen on GitHub (Aug 4, 2022).

Rather than having to invoke dotnet deb from the command line, is it possible to create the deb package as part of the regular build process (i.e. right click project -> Build in Visual Studio). After poking around, I tried adding the following to my project file

  <UsingTask TaskName="Packaging.Targets.DebTask" AssemblyName="Packaging.Targets" />
  ...
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Packaging.Targets" Version="0.1.220">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>
  ...
  <Target Name="CreateDebOnReleaseBuild" Condition="$(Configuration) == 'Release'" AfterTargets="Build">
    <CreateDeb />
  </Target>

But I get the following error:

error MSB4036: The "CreateDeb" task was not found. Check the following: 1.) The name of the task in the project file is the same as the name of the task class. 2.) The task class is "public" and implements the Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask interface. 3.) The task is correctly declared with in the project file, or in the *.tasks files located in the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64" directory.

Originally created by @stephen-swensen on GitHub (Aug 4, 2022). Rather than having to invoke `dotnet deb` from the command line, is it possible to create the deb package as part of the regular build process (i.e. right click project -> Build in Visual Studio). After poking around, I tried adding the following to my project file ``` <UsingTask TaskName="Packaging.Targets.DebTask" AssemblyName="Packaging.Targets" /> ... <ItemGroup> <PackageReference Include="Packaging.Targets" Version="0.1.220"> <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets> <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets> </PackageReference> </ItemGroup> ... <Target Name="CreateDebOnReleaseBuild" Condition="$(Configuration) == 'Release'" AfterTargets="Build"> <CreateDeb /> </Target> ``` But I get the following error: > error MSB4036: The "CreateDeb" task was not found. Check the following: 1.) The name of the task in the project file is the same as the name of the task class. 2.) The task class is "public" and implements the Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask interface. 3.) The task is correctly declared with <UsingTask> in the project file, or in the *.tasks files located in the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64" directory.

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:30:06 +00:00

@nref commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2023):

CreateDeb target is available for me after referencing Packaging.Targets

    <PackageReference Include="Packaging.Targets" Version="0.1.220" />

@nref commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2023): `CreateDeb` target is available for me after referencing `Packaging.Targets` ```xml <PackageReference Include="Packaging.Targets" Version="0.1.220" /> ```

claunia referenced this issue

2026-01-29 16:31:33 +00:00

[PR #124] [MERGED] Use .NET Core 3.0 SDK to build #242

claunia referenced this issue

2026-01-29 16:31:33 +00:00

[PR #124] Use .NET Core 3.0 SDK to build #244

Sign in to join this conversation.

1 Participants

Notifications

Due Date

No due date set.

Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: starred/dotnet-packaging#124