This post focuses on a base install of .Net in linux. I found myself dealing with lots of build related issues with windows.
Initially, i did not want to deal with it but as I helped our development team with their pipeline setup, i learnt so much
and I have to admit; Windows has come a long way and the experience is much better now.
The fact that I can install .Net in linux and use it for my application development makes this even more appealing to me. This
post accomplishes the following:
- Install .Net Core SDK in Debian
- Testing out a basic C# program
Systems Requirements and Dependencies
Register the Microsoft key and set up apt sources with the commands below:
wget -O- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.asc.gpg
sudo mv microsoft.asc.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/10/prod.list
sudo mv prod.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
sudo chown root:root /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.asc.gpg
sudo chown root:root /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
Install .NET Core and Runtime
Install .Net Core SDK, ASP.NET Core Runtime and .NET Core Runtime
sudo apt install dotnet-sdk-3.1 aspnetcore-runtime-3.1 dotnet-runtime-3.1
When the installation is complete, type dotnet in your terminal. If all went well, you should see this:
Usage: dotnet [options]
Usage: dotnet [path-to-application]
Options:
-h|--help Display help.
--info Display .NET Core information.
--list-sdks Display the installed SDKs.
--list-runtimes Display the installed runtimes.
path-to-application:
The path to an application .dll file to execute.
Hello World C#
With our requirements in place, its time to test it with the classic HelloWorld App
dotnet new console -o helloWorld
cd helloWorld
This creates a new application with base scaffolding and should look like this:
helloWorld/
├── helloWorld.csproj
├── obj
│ ├── helloWorld.csproj.nuget.dgspec.json
│ ├── helloWorld.csproj.nuget.g.props
│ ├── helloWorld.csproj.nuget.g.targets
│ ├── project.assets.json
│ └── project.nuget.cache
└── Program.cs
To run Program.cs, type the command dotnet run. You should see this:
and that is it. You can now continue with your application development tasks. Have fun
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