Deploy .dll in assembly without gacutil in the server

Recently I went in one customer office and I made custom claim based provider for them. I had to use their some external dll file to access web service. I added those dll file in my solution but it was not pushed in assembly when I deployed my solution. So I need to add those dll file in assembly folder in their server. They dont had SDK installed in the server and definitely it should not normally. I tried with drag and drop option but that was not working as well. So I had to use Powershell script to add those dll file in the assembly. The script is:

 

#

# This process must be run with Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

#

$assemblyDll = “mysolution.dll”

$assemblyPath = “some path like c:\” + “\” + $assemblyDll

# method for adding new assemblies to the GAC

function Add-GacItem([string]$assembly) {

Begin

{

# see if the Enterprise Services Namespace is registered

 

if ($null -eq ([AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() |? { $_.FullName -eq “System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a” }) ) {

# register the Enterprise Service .NET library

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load(“System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a”) | Out-Null

}

# create a reference to the publish class

$publish = New-Object System.EnterpriseServices.Internal.Publish

}

 

Process

{

# ensure the file that was provided exists

if ( -not (Test-Path $assembly -type Leaf) ) {

throw “The assembly ‘$assembly’ does not exist.”

}

# ensure the file is strongly signed before installing in the GAC

if ( [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile( $assembly ).GetName().GetPublicKey().Length -eq 0) {

throw “The assembly ‘$assembly’ must be strongly signed.”

}

# install the assembly in the GAC

Write-Output “Installing: $assembly”

$publish.GacInstall( $assembly )

}

}

# method for removing assemblies from the GAC

function Remove-GacItem([string]$assembly) {

Begin

{

# see if the Enterprise Services Namespace is registered

 

if ($null -eq ([AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() |? { $_.FullName -eq “System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a” }) ) {

# register the Enterprise Service .NET library

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load(“System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a”) | Out-Null

}

# create a reference to the publish class

$publish = New-Object System.EnterpriseServices.Internal.Publish

}

 

Process

{

# ensure the file that was provided exists

if ( -not (Test-Path $assembly -type Leaf) ) {

throw “The assembly ‘$assembly’ does not exist.”

}

# ensure the file is strongly signed before installing in the GAC

if ( [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile( $assembly ).GetName().GetPublicKey().Length -eq 0) {

throw “The assembly ‘$assembly’ must be strongly signed.”

}

# install the assembly in the GAC

Write-Output “UnInstalling: $assembly”

$publish.GacRemove( $assembly )

}

}

Write-Host “Registering the Assembly: ‘$assemblyPath’…” – ForegroundColor Green

Add-GacItem $assemblyPath

Write-Host “UnRegistering the Assembly: ‘$assemblyPath’…” – ForegroundColor Green

Remove-GacItem $assemblyPath

 

 

So its done. Remember to delete removing assembly part when you deploy 🙂