I have a a little .NET Core console application that I would like to make a self-contained file of. Not only that, I would also like to create a self-contained file that will run on CentOS.
The issue I am having is when I run dotnet publish -r linux-x64 -c release --self-contained true
I get multiple files and the files seem to be configured for Windows only. I also tried removing <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
. This makes sure there isn't any EXE file file when publishing, but I still get multiple files that I am not sure if they can even run on CentOS since they are only .dll files. My target framework is set to <TargetFramework>net4.8</TargetFramework>
.
Here are some visuals of the output I am getting:
Having <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
set in my .csproj:
Having <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
removed:
As pointed out by Jonathon Chase and Herohtar, I targeted the wrong framework. The framework I used (net4.8
) is Windows only.
The correct framework to use would be something like netcoreapp3.0
.