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Open Source projects that ship with unit tests based on NUnit also usually ship the NUnit runners and accompanying binaries. For NUnit 2.4.8, distributing its bin directory verbatim with the actual project amounts to 46 files and a blank addins directory. What would be the minimum set of files needed if all one wanted was to distribute the GUI and console runners along with the base nunit.framework.dll required for authoring tests (and without the mocking infrastructure)?

For reference, the NUnit 2.4.8 bin directory looks like this:

  • addins/
  • clr.bat
  • failure.jpg
  • fit.dll
  • ignored.jpg
  • loadtest-assembly.dll
  • mock-assembly.dll
  • nonamespace-assembly.dll
  • notestfixtures-assembly.dll
  • nunit.core.dll
  • nunit.core.extensions.dll
  • nunit.core.interfaces.dll
  • nunit.core.tests.dll
  • nunit.exe
  • nunit.exe.config
  • nunit.extensions.tests.dll
  • nunit.fixtures.dll
  • nunit.fixtures.tests.dll
  • nunit.framework.dll
  • nunit.framework.extensions.dll
  • nunit.framework.tests.dll
  • nunit.framework.xml
  • nunit.mocks.dll
  • nunit.mocks.tests.dll
  • nunit.uikit.dll
  • nunit.uikit.tests.dll
  • nunit.util.dll
  • nunit.util.tests.dll
  • nunit-console.exe
  • nunit-console.exe.config
  • nunit-console.tests.dll
  • nunit-console-runner.dll
  • nunit-console-x86.exe
  • nunit-console-x86.exe.config
  • NUnitFitTests.html
  • nunit-gui.tests.dll
  • nunit-gui-runner.dll
  • NUnitTests.config
  • NUnitTests.nunit
  • nunit-x86.exe
  • nunit-x86.exe.config
  • runFile.exe
  • runFile.exe.config
  • success.jpg
  • test-assembly.dll
  • test-utilities.dll
  • timing-tests.dll
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I can successfully run tests with only the following 6 NUnit files present:

  • nunit.core.dll
  • nunit.core.interfaces.dll
  • nunit.framework.dll
  • nunit.util.dll
  • nunit.console-runner.dll
  • nunit-console.exe
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  • And for the GUI runner, I suppose one would only need to add nunit-gui-runner.dll, nunit.exe and nunit.exe.config to your list? – Atif Aziz Dec 11 '09 at 07:19
  • Well, maybe - to calirify my statement a bit: If running tests is part of your build process and/or you need to run tests on a CI server, then the 6 files I mention are the only ones needed. I don't know (or care :)) about the GUI runner - R# has a GUI runner that made me leave the NUnit GUI runner and never look back :) – mookid8000 Dec 11 '09 at 12:03
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After some research, the following files don't appear to be unnecessary because they represent test assemblies for NUnit itself and for FIT:

  • addins/
  • clr.bat
  • failure.jpg
  • fit.dll
  • ignored.jpg
  • loadtest-assembly.dll
  • mock-assembly.dll
  • nonamespace-assembly.dll
  • notestfixtures-assembly.dll
  • nunit.core.dll
  • nunit.core.extensions.dll
  • nunit.core.interfaces.dll
  • nunit.core.tests.dll
  • nunit.exe
  • nunit.exe.config
  • nunit.extensions.tests.dll
  • nunit.fixtures.dll
  • nunit.fixtures.tests.dll
  • nunit.framework.dll
  • nunit.framework.extensions.dll
  • nunit.framework.tests.dll
  • nunit.framework.xml
  • nunit.mocks.dll
  • nunit.mocks.tests.dll
  • nunit.uikit.dll
  • nunit.uikit.tests.dll
  • nunit.util.dll
  • nunit.util.tests.dll
  • nunit-console.exe
  • nunit-console.exe.config
  • nunit-console.tests.dll
  • nunit-console-runner.dll
  • nunit-console-x86.exe
  • nunit-console-x86.exe.config
  • NUnitFitTests.html
  • nunit-gui.tests.dll
  • nunit-gui-runner.dll
  • NUnitTests.config
  • NUnitTests.nunit
  • nunit-x86.exe
  • nunit-x86.exe.config
  • runFile.exe
  • runFile.exe.config
  • success.jpg
  • test-assembly.dll
  • test-utilities.dll
  • timing-tests.dll
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For 2.6, in addition to Mooki's list, I had to add:

  • nunit-agent.exe
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