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MSIX: How to achieve automatic install of .net 5 required for my application?
Hi! I wrote a WPF program using .NET 5, packed it into the MSIX bundle (Release, x86 and x64) as a framework-dependent package. Everything seems fine, but there is one very annoying thing: on the ...
- Hello, if it's an application based on .NET Core / .NET 5 (as I seem to understand from the description), the suggested and best way to distribuite via MSIX is to use the self-deployment approach. Thanks to MSIX features like differential updates and single disk instance, you don't have to worry too much about the increased size, since the runtime will be downloaded only at the first install.
Otherwise, if you don't like self-deployment, you will need to use a script to pre-install the runtime. You can leverage some of the available script we release for CI/CD purposes here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script
I hope it helps!
Matteo Pagani
Microsoft
MicrosoftHello, if it's an application based on .NET Core / .NET 5 (as I seem to understand from the description), the suggested and best way to distribuite via MSIX is to use the self-deployment approach. Thanks to MSIX features like differential updates and single disk instance, you don't have to worry too much about the increased size, since the runtime will be downloaded only at the first install.
Otherwise, if you don't like self-deployment, you will need to use a script to pre-install the runtime. You can leverage some of the available script we release for CI/CD purposes here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script
I hope it helps!
Otherwise, if you don't like self-deployment, you will need to use a script to pre-install the runtime. You can leverage some of the available script we release for CI/CD purposes here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script
I hope it helps!
Hi Matheo, can you please provide some explanations to your suggestion "to use a script to pre-install the runtime"? Can this script be added to the MSIX package and referenced in the manifest? If yes, how?
Custom install action mentioned by levyas does seem to be applicable since "it is intended to be used only by desktop PC games that are packaged in an MSIXVC container" as stated in desktop6:InstallActions. If instead of running scripts, it would be possible to add the .NET 5 and ASP..Net references as Dependency packages to the AppXManifest file, could you provide an example of such an extension deploying .NET 5 and ASP.,Net?
Custom install action mentioned by levyas does seem to be applicable since "it is intended to be used only by desktop PC games that are packaged in an MSIXVC container" as stated in desktop6:InstallActions. If instead of running scripts, it would be possible to add the .NET 5 and ASP..Net references as Dependency packages to the AppXManifest file, could you provide an example of such an extension deploying .NET 5 and ASP.,Net?