Do we need both Automapper and Automapper.Net4 dlls to use Automapper?

Question

Do we need Automapper and Automapper.Net4 dlls together to use the Automaper functionality in our code.

I mean can't we just have the one dll of them both. Using Automapper for the first time.

Need help.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

All you need to do is do "Install-Package AutoMapper" and you're set. Because AutoMapper supports all major .NET platforms, things that are specific to your platform are in a platform-specific assembly. This is a very common approach for building cross-platform libraries.

In short, you shouldn't care, because NuGet takes care of everything for you. It's completely transparent to you as a user. You don't have to do anything extra to take advantage of the platform-specific features.

Answer 2

Why not ask Jimmy? AutoMapper using Portable Class Libraries.

From looking at the NuGet package, it would appear Automapper.dll is the core (it's common to all platform libraries), while Automapper.Net4.dll is the platform specific - both are necessary.