Can a clickonce app be published on Ubuntu

Question

Hello,

C# 2008 SP1

I have built an application and this is published on windows server using clickonce. The clients go to the url and can download and run the application.

The client is now changing their servers to run Ubuntu. Can a clickonce application be published on a server running Ubuntu. The version of Ubuntu is 8.10.

Many thanks for any advice,

Answer 1

I'm assuming you're trying to use Mono, in which case:

Is it possible to support ClickOnce on Linux ?
Yes - but there's still a lot of work required before doing so.

Is ClickOnce the best way to distribute applications/updates ?
I'm not sure - but popularity != superiority so...

from http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-list/2004-September/023224.html

Answer 2

Sure can - any file or web server can host a ClickOnce app. However you will need to configure the correct MIME types on the web server

• .application => application/x-ms-application
• .manifest => application/x-ms-manifest
• .deploy => application/octet-stream

Answer 3

Simply add the following to the .htaccess file in your web root (Apache2 Ubuntu)

AddType application/x-ms-application application
AddType application/x-ms-manifest manifest
AddType application/octet-stream deploy
AddType application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument xps
AddType application/xaml+xml xaml
AddType application/x-ms-xbap xbap
AddType application/x-silverlight-app xap