BUILDING.md

Building Chatr

Chatr can be built from source using the following methods:

• Visual Studio 2019 with .NET Core SDK 3.0 or higher
• .NET Core SDK 3.0 or higher command-line interface (CLI)
• Docker

Visual Studio

1. Open src\Chatr.sln with Visual Studio.
2. Choose Release from the Solution Configurations list on the toolbar.
3. Build > Rebuild Solution
4. Find the built binaries in the ChatrConsole\bin\Release\netcoreapp3.0\ directory.

.NET Core SDK command-line interface (CLI)

1. Open a console and navigate to the Chatr src directory.
2. dotnet publish -c release -o out --self-contained false
3. Find the built binaries in the out directory.

Docker

Docker on Windows using Linux Containers

1. Open PowerShell and navigate to the Chatr src directory.
2. docker run --rm -v ${pwd}:/app -w /app mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.0 dotnet publish -c release -o out --self-contained false -r win-x64
3. Find the built binaries in the out directory.

Docker on Windows using Windows Containers

1. Open PowerShell and navigate to the Chatr src directory.
2. docker run --rm -v ${pwd}:/app -w /app mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.0 dotnet publish -c release -o out --self-contained false
3. Find the built binaries in the out directory.

Docker on Linux

1. Open a console and navigate to the Chatr src directory.
2. docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.0 dotnet publish -c release -o out --self-contained false
3. Find the built binaries in the out directory.

Docker on macOS

1. Open a console and navigate to the Chatr src directory.
2. docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.0 dotnet publish -c release -o out --self-contained false -r osx-x64
3. Find the built binaries in the out directory.