-i<assembly_path> [-check_refs] [-packageNAME] [-rootROOTDIR] [-gacdirGACDIR]
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 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] [-rootROOTDIR] [-gacdirGACDIR]
Lists the contents of the global assembly cache. When the <assembly_name> parameter is specified only
matching assemblies are listed.
-u<assembly_display_name> [-packageNAME] [-rootROOTDIR] [-gacdirGACDIR]
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> [-packageNAME] [-rootROOTDIR] [-gacdirGACDIR]
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> [-packageNAME] [-rootROOTDIR] [-gacdirGACDIR]
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