[GH-ISSUE #13] Feature Request: Non-Installer release #11

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opened 2026-02-25 21:30:27 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-25 21:30:27 +03:00

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Originally created by @mklaber on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/brutaldev/StrongNameSigner/issues/13

Originally assigned to: @brutaldev on GitHub.

I'd like to drop StrongNameSigner.Console.exe in a solution's Shared folder (where I keep powershell build and deployment scripts and whatnot) so that I don't have to install Strong Name Signer on every machine this will run on. I got it working by installing just the Console app and then copying the necessary DLLs from the install directory in to my Shared folder. It'd be great if there were a standalone exe or a ZIP of the program files so I don't actually have to install it.

Also, please add a time machine and go back and write this a year earlier when I was last mucking around with signed assemblies and sorely needed this. Thanks. :-)

Originally created by @mklaber on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/brutaldev/StrongNameSigner/issues/13 Originally assigned to: @brutaldev on GitHub. I'd like to drop `StrongNameSigner.Console.exe` in a solution's _Shared_ folder (where I keep powershell build and deployment scripts and whatnot) so that I don't have to install Strong Name Signer on every machine this will run on. I got it working by installing just the Console app and then copying the necessary DLLs from the install directory in to my _Shared_ folder. It'd be great if there were a standalone exe or a ZIP of the program files so I don't actually have to install it. Also, please add a time machine and go back and write this a year earlier when I was last mucking around with signed assemblies and sorely needed this. Thanks. :-)

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@brutaldev commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015):

Sure, a portable version won't be a problem. Furthermore, I should probably publish to NuGet as well as a tool so it's not a hard external dependency for build servers.

I'll take a look a this over the weekend. As for the time machine, not much I can do there but if someone else invents it one day I'll ask if I can borrow it quickly ;)

@brutaldev commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015): Sure, a portable version won't be a problem. Furthermore, I should probably publish to NuGet as well as a tool so it's not a hard external dependency for build servers. I'll take a look a this over the weekend. As for the time machine, not much I can do there but if someone else invents it one day I'll ask if I can borrow it quickly ;)

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2026-02-25 21:30:27 +03:00

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@mklaber commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015):

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@mklaber commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015): :+1:

kerem commented

2026-02-25 21:30:28 +03:00

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@brutaldev commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015):

Uploaded to NuGet. You can install it as a dependency using Install-Package Brutal.Dev.StrongNameSigner or adding it to your packages.config like this:

<package id="Brutal.Dev.StrongNameSigner" version="1.4.4" />

Then access the portable files from packages\Brutal.Dev.StrongNameSigner.1.4.4\tools\StrongNameSigner.Console.exe.

You can also [download the package](package id="Brutal.Dev.StrongNameSigner" version="1.4.4" /) directly and find the portable files in the tools directory since it's just a zip file anyway

Hope this helps.

@brutaldev commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015): Uploaded to NuGet. You can install it as a dependency using `Install-Package Brutal.Dev.StrongNameSigner` or adding it to your `packages.config` like this: ``` <package id="Brutal.Dev.StrongNameSigner" version="1.4.4" /> ``` Then access the portable files from `packages\Brutal.Dev.StrongNameSigner.1.4.4\tools\StrongNameSigner.Console.exe`. You can also [download the package](package id="Brutal.Dev.StrongNameSigner" version="1.4.4" /) directly and find the portable files in the `tools` directory since it's just a zip file anyway Hope this helps.