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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!
To state the obvious, if Microsoft wants to encourage developers to move to these technologies, there must be a better way to handle the dependencies outside of those suggested here. The same reasons for wanting the components outlined by Matteo that are supported as package dependencies apply to .Net 5, and Microsoft should add a solution. The package dependency route seems the most obvious to me, but I'm guessing there are technical reasons this hasn't been (yet).
Matteo Pagani
Microsoft
MicrosoftThanks for the feedback Timothy and Valery. I'll make sure to convey it to the MSIX team, to see if they can start a conversation with the .NET team on this topic.
- Matteo PaganiSure, feel free to send me a mail at name.surname [at] microsoft.com
- Many thanks, Matteo, much appreciated!
I think the requested extension will be very beneficial for ISVs.
BTW, I have a question about your recommendations in Chapter 4 of your MSIX Succinctly book (https://www.syncfusion.com/succinctly-free-ebooks/msix-succinctly/the-package-support-framework) Would it be possible to clarify with you some issues in this regard?
