====== Manual Installation of .NET SDK in Linux ======

If you've already installed one or more .NET SDK versions via the package manager, uninstall them before proceeding.

Download the SDK versions you want to install from [[https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet|here]].  For this example, I'll be installing .NET 8 and .NET 10, downloaded as **dotnet-sdk-8.0.416-linux-x64.tar.gz** and **dotnet-sdk-10.0.100-linux-x64.tar.gz**, respectively.

Open a terminal.

If ''~/.dotnet'' already exists (from a previous installation), remove it:

<code bash>
rm -rf ~/.dotnet
</code>

Create a new, empty .dotnet directory:

<code bash>
mkdir ~/.dotnet
</code>

Extract the SDK archive(s) into the .dotnet directory:

<WRAP prewrap>
<code bash>
tar zxf dotnet-sdk-8.0.416-linux-x64.tar.gz -C ~/.dotnet/
tar zxf dotnet-sdk-10.0.100-linux-x64.tar.gz -C ~/.dotnet/
</code>
</WRAP>

Add to .profile:

<WRAP prewrap>
<code properties>
export DOTNET_ROOT=$HOME/.dotnet

export PATH=$PATH:$DOTNET_ROOT:$DOTNET_ROOT/tools
</code>
</WRAP>

Restart to apply the new .profile settings.

Open a new terminal and verify that the dotnet CLI is working correctly:

<code bash>
dotnet --list-sdks
</code>

You should see something like this:

<WRAP prewrap>
<code>
8.0.416 [/home/username/.dotnet/sdk]
10.0.100 [/home/username/.dotnet/sdk]
</code>
</WRAP>

Taken from here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-scripted-manual#manual-install

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