chore: update release process for single-file publish and enhance installer script

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -81,23 +81,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish Client win-x64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-win-x64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-win-x64
 
       - name: Publish Client linux-x64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r linux-x64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-linux-x64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r linux-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-linux-x64
 
       - name: Publish Client osx-x64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-osx-x64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-osx-x64
 
       - name: Publish Client osx-arm64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-osx-arm64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-osx-arm64
 
       - name: Publish Client linux-arm64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r linux-arm64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-linux-arm64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r linux-arm64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-linux-arm64
 
       - name: Zip artifacts
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'

docs/changelog/v0.2.9.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# v0.2.9
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+- Fix Linux/macOS client install — enable single-file publish so the install script copies one self-contained binary instead of just the native host (which failed with "does not exist: EchoHub.Client.dll")

scripts/install.sh

@@ -199,10 +199,17 @@ main() {
         fi
     fi
 
-    # Install the binary
+    # Install full directory to ~/.local/share/echohub and symlink the binary.
+    # Even single-file publishes may have content files (appsettings, assets)
+    # that the app expects next to the binary via AppContext.BaseDirectory.
+    app_dir="$HOME/.local/share/echohub"
+    rm -rf "$app_dir"
+    mkdir -p "$app_dir"
+    cp -r "$src_dir"/. "$app_dir/"
+    chmod +x "$app_dir/EchoHub.Client"
+
     mkdir -p "$install_dir"
-    cp "$src_dir/EchoHub.Client" "$install_dir/$BINARY_NAME"
-    chmod +x "$install_dir/$BINARY_NAME"
+    ln -sf "$app_dir/EchoHub.Client" "$install_dir/$BINARY_NAME"
 
     echo ""
 

src/Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Version>0.2.8</Version>
+    <Version>0.2.9</Version>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>