How To Install dotnet on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dotnet on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dotnet.
Install dotnet on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install dotnet using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dotnet
Install dotnet on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
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 Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the dotnet package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dotnet
dotnet Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dotnet on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.