Installing the .Net SDK

The .NET SDK (Software Development Kit) is required to create, build, and run .NET applications. It includes the runtime, command-line tools, compilers, and templates.

Installation Overview

1. Download installer from dotnet.microsoft.com
2. Run the installer for your OS (Windows, macOS, Linux)
3. Verify installation with dotnet --info
4. Understand difference between SDK and Runtime

Related Topics

• 1.2.1 Download from dotnet.microsoft.com
• 1.2.2 Verify installation with dotnet info
• 1.2.3 SDK vs Runtime

# Quick install on Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-8.0