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

Add the following entry to your .csproj file, under the Project node. You do not need to add all dotnet-* entries; only add those you are going to use.

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Packaging.Targets" Version="0.1.56" />
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-tarball" Version="0.1.56" />
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-zip" Version="0.1.56*" />
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-rpm" Version="0.1.56*" />
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-deb" Version="0.1.56" />
  </ItemGroup>

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'.
---version-suffix: Defines the value for the $(VersionSuffix) property in the project.

Note

If you have multiple .csproj files in a single directory, .NET Core CLI tools don't work. If that's the case, you can still invoke the packaging tools manually:

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