[Mono-dev] Distributing an application with Mono

[Julien De Groote]

On 2/14/06, Jonathan Pryor <jonpryor at vt.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 14:14 +0000, Alex Chudnovsky wrote:
> > Julien De Groote wrote:
> >
> > >i would like to make a demo package of the software I am developing.
> > >I'd prefer for my Windows users not to do a full Mono install.
> > >
> > I think Windows users would prefer to use .NET - so long as you do not
> > use any Mono specific code in your application it should run fine on
> > Windows.
>
> I believe that he wants users to be able to run his software without
> needing to install anything.  Think of a kiosk-like CD bundle: the
> user/customer should just be able to insert the CD and run it, without
> installing any additional software.

This is exactly what I want. It's a game and it's an alpha version so
I don't expect users to do too much installing.

> Mono does support this, if the history of this list is to be believed,
> but I don't believe anyone has fully documented how to do this.  I
> imagine that it's as "simple" as copying everything under $prefix
> ($prefix/bin/mono.exe, $prefix/lib/mono/gac/*, etc.), then creating
> a .cmd file which uses drive-relative paths, e.g. "\bin\mono.exe
> \app.exe" (if for a CD-based program), but this will grab more than your
> application actually requires.

I'm going to try and I'll report to the list.
Thanks

> If you figure this out, you might consider documenting it so that we
> have a better answer for others in the future.
>
>  - Jon
>