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6 mkbundle - Creates a bundled executable.
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9 mkbundle [options] assembly1 [assembly2 ...]
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12 mkbundle generates an executable program that will contain static
13 copies of the assemblies listed on the command line. By default only
14 the assemblies specified in the command line will be included in the
15 bundle. To automatically include all of the dependencies referenced,
16 use the "--deps" command line option.
17 For example, to create a bundle for hello world, use the following com‐
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20 $ mkbundle -o hello hello.exe
21 The above will pull hello.exe into a native program called "hello".
23 Notice that the produced image still contains the CIL image and no pre‐
24 compilation is done.
25 In addition, it is possible to control whether mkbundle should compile
27 the resulting executable or not with the -c option. This is useful if
28 you want to link additional libraries or control the generated output
29 in more detail. For example, this could be used to link some libraries
30 statically:
31 $ mkbundle -c -o host.c -oo bundles.o --deps hello.exe
32 $ cc host.c bundles.o /usr/lib/libmono.a -lc -lrt
34 You may also use mkbundle to generate a bundle you can use when embed‐
36 ding the Mono runtime in a native application. In that case, use both
37 the -c and --nomain options. The resulting host.c file will not have a
38 main() function. Call mono_mkbundle_init() before initializing the JIT
39 in your code so that the bundled assemblies are available to the embed‐
40 ded runtime.
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43 -c Produce the stub file, do not compile the resulting stub.
44 -o filename
46 Places the output on `out'. If the flag -c is specified, this
47 is the C host program. If not, this contains the resulting exe‐
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49 -oo filename
51 Specifies the name to be used for the helper object file that
52 contains the bundle.
53 -L path
55 Adds the `path' do the search list for assemblies. The rules
56 are the same as for the compiler -lib: or -L flags.
57 Specifies that a machine.config file must be bundled as well.
59 Typically this is $prefix/etc/mono/1.0/machine.config or $pre‐
60 fix/etc/mono/2.0/machine.config depending on the profile that
61 you are using (1.0 or 2.0)
62 --nodeps
64 This is the default: mkbundle will only include the assemblies
65 that were specified on the command line to reduce the size of
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67 --deps This option will bundle all of the referenced assemblies for the
69 assemblies listed on the command line option. This is useful to
70 distribute a self-contained image.
71 --keeptemp
73 By default mkbundle will delete the temporary files that it uses
74 to produce the bundle. This option keeps the file around.
75 --machine-config FILE
77 Uses the given FILE as the machine.config file for the generated
78 application.
79 --nomain
81 With the -c option, generate the host stub without a main()
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83 --config-dir DIR
85 When passed, DIR will be set for the MONO_CFG_DIR environment
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87 --static
89 By default mkbundle dynamically links to mono and glib. This
90 option causes it to statically link instead.
91 -z Compresses the assemblies before embedding. This results in
93 smaller executable files, but increases startup time and
94 requires zlib to be installed on the target system.
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97 On Windows systems, it it necessary to have Unix-like toolchain to be
98 installed for mkbundle to work. You can use cygwin's and install gcc,
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102 AS Assembler command. The default is "as".
103 CC C compiler command. The default is "cc" under Linux and "gcc
105 -mno-cygwin" under Windows.
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108 This program will load referenced assemblies from the Mono assembly
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112 The option "--static" is not supported under Windows. Moreover, a full
113 cygwin environment containing at least "gcc" and "as" is required for
114 the build process. The generated executable does not depend on cygwin.
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117 Visit http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list for
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121 Visit: http://www.mono-project.com for details
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124 mcs(1),[22mmono(1),mono-config(5).
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