NAME

       mkbundle, mkbundle2 - Creates a bundled executable.

SYNOPSIS

       mkbundle [options] assembly1 [assembly2 ...]

DESCRIPTION

       mkbundle  generates an executable program that will contain static copies of the assemblies listed on the
       command line.  By default only the assemblies specified in the command  line  will  be  included  in  the
       bundle.   To  automatically  include  all  of  the dependencies referenced, use the "--deps" command line
       option.

       Use mkbundle when you want the startup runtime to load the 1.0 profile, and use mkbundle2 when  you  want
       the startup runtime to load the 2.0 profile.

       For example, to create a bundle for hello world, use the following command:
            $ mkbundle -o hello hello.exe

       The above will pull hello.exe into a native program called "hello".  Notice that the produced image still
       contains the CIL image and no precompilation is done.

       In  addition,  it  is possible to control whether mkbundle should compile the resulting executable or not
       with the -c option.  This is useful if you want to link additional libraries  or  control  the  generated
       output in more detail. For example, this could be used to link some libraries statically:
            $ mkbundle -c -o host.c -oo bundles.o --deps hello.exe

            $ cc host.c bundles.o /usr/lib/libmono.a -lc -lrt

       You  may  also  use mkbundle to generate a bundle you can use when embedding the Mono runtime in a native
       application.  In that case, use both the -c and --nomain options.  The resulting  host.c  file  will  not
       have  a  main() function.  Call mono_mkbundle_init() before initializing the JIT in your code so that the
       bundled assemblies are available to the embedded runtime.

OPTIONS

       -c     Produce the stub file, do not compile the resulting stub.

       -o filename
              Places the output on `out'.  If the flag -c is specified, this is the C  host  program.   If  not,
              this contains the resulting executable.

       -oo filename
              Specifies the name to be used for the helper object file that contains the bundle.

       -L path
              Adds  the  `path'  do  the search list for assemblies.  The rules are the same as for the compiler
              -lib: or -L flags.

       Specifies that a machine.config file must be bundled as well.
              Typically  this  is  $prefix/etc/mono/1.0/machine.config  or   $prefix/etc/mono/2.0/machine.config
              depending on the profile that you are using (1.0 or 2.0)

       --nodeps
              This  is the default: mkbundle will only include the assemblies that were specified on the command
              line to reduce the size of the resulting image created.

       --deps This option will bundle all of the referenced assemblies for the assemblies listed on the  command
              line option.  This is useful to distribute a self-contained image.

       --keeptemp
              By  default  mkbundle  will  delete  the temporary files that it uses to produce the bundle.  This
              option keeps the file around.

       --machine-config FILE
              Uses the given FILE as the machine.config file for the generated application.

       --nomain
              With the -c option, generate the host stub without a main() function.

       --config-dir DIR
              When passed, DIR will be set for the MONO_CFG_DIR environment variable

       --static
              By default mkbundle dynamically links to mono and glib.  This option causes it to statically  link
              instead.

       Important:
              Since  the Mono runtime is licensed under the LGPL, even if you use static you should transfer the
              component pieces of the mkbundle to your users so they are able to upgrade  the  Mono  runtime  on
              their own.

       If you want to use this for commercial licenses, you must obtain a
              proprietary license for Mono from mono@novell.com

       -z     Compresses  the  assemblies  before  embedding.  This  results  in  smaller  executable files, but
              increases startup time and requires zlib to be installed on the target system.

WINDOWS

       On Windows systems, it it necessary to have  Unix-like toolchain to be installed for  mkbundle  to  work.
       You can use cygwin's and install gcc, gcc-mingw and as packages.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       AS     Assembler command. The default is "as".

       CC     C compiler command. The default is "cc" under Linux and "gcc" under Windows.

       MONO_BUNDLED_OPTIONS
              Options to be passed to the bundled Mono runtime, separated by spaces. See the mono(1) manual page
              or run mono --help.

FILES

       This program will load referenced assemblies from the Mono assembly cache.

BUGS

       The  option "--static" is not supported under Windows.  Moreover, a full cygwin environment containing at
       least "gcc" and "as" is required for the build process. The  generated  executable  does  not  depend  on
       cygwin.

MAILING LISTS

       Visit http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list for details.

WEB SITE

       Visit: http://www.mono-project.com for details

SEE ALSO

       mcs(1),mono(1),mono-config(5).

                                                                                          mkbundle(mkbundle 1.0)