How best to install MVC 3 on a server?

asp.net-mvc web-platform-installer
Howard Pinsley picture Howard Pinsley · Apr 24, 2011 · Viewed 20.3k times · Source

Now that MVC 3 Tools Update has been released, that's all I see on the Web Platform Installer -- I no longer see MVC 3? Is this because the Tools Update is essentially MVC 3 PLUS enhancements to the development environment? Presumably, none of these additions are needed on a server so I thought that MVC 3 would still be offered for server installs.

So can/should I install the MVC 3 "Tools Update" from the Web Platform installer on a server?

Answer

Darren picture Darren · Oct 6, 2011

I know this doesn't help you Decker, but it may help others:

The easiest way to get MVC on the server is by using the "Add Deployable Dependancies..." menu:

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Also useful for deploying SQL CE.

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