How do you package a NuGet (and its dependencies) into the executable so that there is only one resulting file?

Asked Oct 18 '21 at 14:47

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I made an application which exports an Excel worksheet. My friend told me that he wants to use it. The problem is, it uses EPPlus which has a LOT of dependencies. How do I send him the application without including all of the nasty DLLs (totaling over 180 MB)?

P.S. Costura.Fody does not work. It only packaged EPPlus.dll, but it didn't include its dependencies. I have also tried the dotnet publish with PublishSingleFile and IncludeNativeLibrariesInSingleFile set to true, but it still outputted some leftover DLLs.

Also, I am using .NET 5.

edited Oct 18 '21 at 15:25

asked Oct 18 '21 at 14:47

bg117

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Did you check this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10137937/merge-dll-into-exe @bg117 – Djordje Nedovic Oct 18 '21 at 14:56
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Apart from adding `PublishSingleFile` in your `dotnet publish` command, you also need to set the Deployment mode to "Self-contained" by adding `--self-contained true`. – Yash Gupta Oct 18 '21 at 15:20
@Yash Gupta, unfortunately, I have already tried that, but same result. – bg117 Oct 18 '21 at 15:23
@Djordje Nedovic, I will look into it later. Thanks. – bg117 Oct 18 '21 at 15:24
@DjordjeNedovic, unfortunately it also does not work. When I run it, it doesn't open anything. – bg117 Oct 20 '21 at 02:00

How do you package a NuGet (and its dependencies) into the executable so that there is only one resulting file?

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