Cross Plaform

[matthewblott]

I'm not sure if this is an issue or a feature request. I installed R4Mvc.Tools on macOS and get the following error when I run the r4mvc command.

Sorry, this tol is only available on Windows based platforms at this time.

I noticed this comment in issue #1 it says there's a dependency on MSBuild which wasn't cross platform at the time (but it is now). I work on macOS and deploy to Linux. So should R4Mvc.Tools work on non Windows platforms or is this something that still requires work?

Thanks :-)

[artiomchi]

Hi Matthew,

Unfortunately this is still the case. While the dotnet compiler is cross platform, they don't have a simple way to programatically load a project in your own code and compile/analyse it.

Currently this is done using the Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild package, which is compiled against .NET 4.6, instead of .NET standard. There's a discussion about this on the roslyn project here: dotnet/roslyn#17974

I've tried using Buildayzer earlier this year, and have had some issues with it, but I might try it again this month, and see if I get any success with it.

[matthewblott]

Thanks for the response @artiomchi :-)

[matthewblott]

@artiomchi did you get any further success trying Buildayzer again?

[vborioni-onit]

Hi, what do we need to make it run other than on windows ? I see that Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild is compiled for netframework and netcore app since version 3, is it enough ?

[valeriob]

Hi @artiomchi do you think you can give some updated feedback on the subject ?

[valeriob]

Hi @artiomchi i just tested it in linux and it works, it just needs to remove the constraint :D can you pls help me with that ? I tested with a custom build of r4mvc.tool targeting netcoreapp3.1

[valeriob]

hi @artiomchi i hope you are all right, would you mind to give me an hand on this topic ? i think it will just work, but i do not know how the boilerplate to run the tool works :(