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Why is GCM hard to install on Linux? .NET can cross compile a self contained, single file binary for Linux, much like Go can.
by pharmakom 3y ago
Why is GCM hard to install on Linux? .NET can cross compile a self contained, single file binary for Linux, much like Go can.
- milliams 3y agoThere seems to be a discussion at https://github.com/dotnet/source-build/discussions/2960 https://github.com/dotnet/source-build/discussions/2960
- mattme 3y ago.NET applications are technically challenging for Linux distributions to package because of the runtime dependency. https://github.com/dotnet/source-build/discussions/2960 https://github.com/dotnet/source-build/discussions/2960 . Git Credential Manager indeed release a self-contained binary for Linux x86_64 (no arm64 yet), though the installation size is necessarily large (80 MB) to include the .NET runtime. For comparison, git-credential-oauth Linux binaries (x86_64 and arm64) are much smaller at 5 MB. https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth#comparison-with-git-credential-manager https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth#comparison-...