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gacutil(Mono 1.0)                                            gacutil(Mono 1.0)


NAME

       gacutil - Global Assembly Cache management utility.


SYNOPSIS

       gacutil [-user] [command] [options]


DESCRIPTION

       gacutil is a tool used by developers to install versioned assemblies
       into the system Global Assembly Cache (GAC) to become part of the
       assemblies that are available for all applications at runtime.

       Notice that they are not directly available to the compiler. The
       convention is that assemblies must also be placed in a separate
       directory to be accessed by the compiler.  This is done with the
       -package directive to gacutil.

       The tool allows for installation, removal, and listing of the contents
       of the assembly cache.

       The GAC is relative to the Mono installation prefix:
       mono_prefix/lib/mono.


COMMANDS

       -i <assembly_path> [-check_refs] [-package NAME] [-root ROOTDIR]
       [-gacdir GACDIR]

        Installs an assembly into the global assembly cache. <assembly_path>
       is the name of the file that contains the assembly manifest

       The -package option can be used to also create a directory in in
       prefix/lib/mono with the name NAME, and a symlink is created from
       NAME/assembly_name to the assembly on the GAC.  This is used so
       developers can reference a set of libraries at once.

       The -root option is used to specify the "libdir" value of an
       installation prefix which differs from the prefix of the system GAC.
       Typical automake usage is "-root $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib".  To access
       assemblies installed to a prefix other than the mono prefix, it is
       necessary to set the MONO_GAC_PREFIX environment variable.

       The -gacdir option is included for backward compatibility but is not
       recommended for new code. Use the -root option instead.

       The -check_refs option is used to ensure that the assembly being
       installed into the GAC does not reference any non strong named
       assemblies. Assemblies being installed to the GAC should not reference
       non strong named assemblies, however the is an optional check.

       -l [assembly_name] [-root ROOTDIR] [-gacdir GACDIR]

       Lists the contents of the global assembly cache. When the
       <assembly_name> parameter is specified only matching assemblies are
       listed.

       -u <assembly_display_name> [-package NAME] [-root ROOTDIR] [-gacdir
       GACDIR]

       Uninstalls an assembly from the global assembly cache.
       <assembly_display_name> is the name of the assembly (partial or fully
       qualified) to remove from the global assembly cache. If a partial name
       is specified all matching assemblies will be uninstalled. As opposed to
       the install option that takes a filename, this takes as an argument the
       assembly name, which looks like this:
            MyLibrary.Something, version=1.0.0.0, publicKeyToken=xxxx,culture=neutral

       Notice that you can have spaces in the command line. There is no need
       to quote them.

       Performs a greedy removal. If you only specify one component like,
       "MyLibrary.Something", it will remove all versions of the library.

       -us <assembly_path> [-package NAME] [-root ROOTDIR] [-gacdir GACDIR]
       Uninstalls an assembly using the specified assembly's full name.
       <assembly path> is the path to an assembly. The full assembly name is
       retrieved from the specified assembly if there is an assembly in the
       GAC with a matching name, it is removed. Unlike the -u option this
       option takes a file name, like this:
               Example: -us myDll.dll

       -ul <assembly_list_file> [-package NAME] [-root ROOTDIR] [-gacdir
       GACDIR] Uninstalls one or more assemblies from the global assembly
       cache.  <assembly_list_file> is the path to a test file containing a
       list of assembly names on separate lines.
       Example -ul assembly_list.txt
       assembly_list.txt contents:
           assembly1,Version=1.0.0.0,Culture=en,PublicKeyToken=0123456789abcdef
           assembly2,Version=2.0.0.0,Culture=en,PublicKeyToken=0123456789abcdef


FILES

       On Unix assemblies are loaded from the installation lib directory.  If
       you set `prefix' to /usr, the assemblies will be located in /usr/lib.
       On Windows, the assemblies are loaded from the directory where mono and
       mint live.

       /etc/mono/config, ~/.mono/config

       Mono runtime configuration file.  See the mono-config(5) manual page
       for more information.


WEB SITE

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


SEE ALSO

       mcs(1),mono(1)

                                                             gacutil(Mono 1.0)

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