.PP
.B gacutil [-user] [command] [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-\fIgacutil\fP is a tool used by developers to install assemblies into
-the system Global Assembly Cache (GAC) to become part of the
-assemblies that are available for all applications at runtime.
+\fIgacutil\fP 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.
.PP
Notice that they are not directly available to the compiler, the
convention is that assemblies must also be placed in a separate
directory for being accessed to the compiler. This is done with the
-package directive to gacutil.
.PP
-The tool allows for installationl, removal, and listing of the
+The tool allows for installation, removal, and listing of the
contents of the assembly cache.
.PP
The GAC is relative to the Mono installation prefix:
mono_prefix/lib/mono.
-.SH FLAGS
-The "-user" flag enables you to install/remove the assembly into the
-user's assembly cache, as opposed to the global one.
.PP
.SH COMMANDS
-.I "-i path_to_assembly" [-f] [-root ROOTDIR] [-package NAME]
+.I -i <assembly_path> [-check_refs] [-package NAME] [-root ROOTDIR] [-gacdir GACDIR]
.Sp
-The above installs the assembly into the GAC, use the -f flag to force
-an installation an overwrite anything in there.
+ Installs an assembly into the global assembly cache. <assembly_path>
+is the name of the file that contains the assembly manifest
.Sp
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.
.Sp
-The -root option is used by developers integrating this with automake
-tools or packaging tools that require a prefix directory to be
-specified. The root represents the "libdir" component of a prefix
-(typically prefix/lib).
+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 $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)".
+To access assemblies installed to a prefix other than the mono prefix,
+it is necessary to set the MONO_GAC_PREFIX environment variable.
+.Sp
+The -gacdir option is included for backward compatibility but is not
+recommended for new code. Use the -root option instead.
+.Sp
+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.
.fi
.PP
-.I "-l"
+.I "-l" [assembly_name] [-root ROOTDIR] [-gacdir GACDIR]
.Sp
-Lists the contents of the Global Assembly Cache
+Lists the contents of the global assembly cache. When the
+<assembly_name> parameter is specified only matching assemblies are
+listed.
.PP
-.I "-u assembly_name [-root]"
+.I "-u" <assembly_display_name> [-package NAME] [-root ROOTDIR] [-gacdir GACDIR]
.Sp
-The above removes the given assembly name from the Global Assembly
-Cache. As opposed to the install option that takes a filename, this
-takes as an argument the assembly name, which looks like this:
+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:
.nf
MyLibrary.Something, version=1.0.0.0, publicKeyToken=xxxx,culture=neutral
.fi
The removal performs a greedy removal, if you only specifiy one
component like, "MyLibrary.Something", it will remove all versions of
the library.
+.Sp
+.I "-us" <assembly_path> [-package NAME] [-root ROOTDIR] [-gacdir GACDIR]
+Uninstalls an assembly using the specifed assemblies 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:
+.nf
+ Example: -us myDll.dll
+.fi
+.Sp
+.I "-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.
+.nf
+Example -ul assembly_list.txt
+.fi
+.nf
+assembly_list.txt contents:
+ assembly1,Version=1.0.0.0,Culture=en,PublicKeyToken=0123456789abcdef
+ assembly2,Version=2.0.0.0,Culture=en,PublicKeyToken=0123456789abcdef
+.fi
.SH 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
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