[Mono-osx] one click installation of an app running with mono?

[Alex Shulgin]

Euan MacInnes wrote:
> Does mkbundle work on Windows as well? I have a number of distribution 
> issues with clients unable to "install" the .NET framework due to 
> security restrictions on PCs, and it would be really good to be able to 
> distribute a CD that "just runs".

Not quite works, AFAIK.  Check the wiki at mono-project.com.

--
Alex

> 
>  > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:04:28 +0300
>  > From: alexander.shulgin at yessoftware.com
>  > To: heertsch at gmail.com
>  > CC: mono-osx at lists.ximian.com
>  > Subject: Re: [Mono-osx] one click installation of an app running with 
> mono?
>  >
>  > Heertsch wrote:
>  > > Beginners question:
>  > > I develop an app running in mono.
>  > > My customers should be able to install this app without any 
> knowledge. ("One
>  > > Click"). Is there a HowTo or a tutorial, how to build such package?
>  >
>  > Take a look at mkbundle command line utility.
>  >
>  > Basically, it allows you to package all .net assemblies of your
>  > application together with mono! ' system assemblies into one native 
> binary
>  > file (Mac OS or Linux) which will run w/o the need to install mono
>  > framework.
>  >
>  > Beware of current problems in mono-2.4 with app.config and
>  > machine.config. There's open bug[1] for this, but it's not fixed yet.
>  >
>  > Also, if you application happen to load libc at runtime (e.g.,
>  > System.Drawing does this upon initialization) you'll need to package
>  > /usr/etc/mono/config too and use it through MONO_CONFIG environment
>  > variable. It's required at least on Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
>  >
>  > --
>  > Alex
>  >
>  > [1] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=325022
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