How To Install dotnet on Fedora 34

dotnet is .NET CLI tools and runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dotnet on Fedora 34.

What is dotnet

.NET is a fast, lightweight and modular platform for creating cross platform applications that work on Linux, macOS and Windows. It particularly focuses on creating console applications, web applications and micro-services. .NET contains a runtime conforming to .NET Standards a set of framework libraries, an SDK containing compilers and a ‘dotnet’ application to drive everything.

We can use yum or dnf to install dotnet on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dotnet.

Install dotnet on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dotnet using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dotnet

Install dotnet on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dotnet using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dotnet

How To Uninstall dotnet on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the dotnet package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dotnet

dotnet Package Contents on Fedora 34

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dotnet on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.