.NET Core 2.0.5 comprises:

• .NET Core Runtime 2.0.5
• .NET Core SDK 2.1.4

Checksum files to verify downloads are available as follows:

• Checksums_Runtime
• Checksums_SDK

Debug Symbols

• Shared Framework
• Runtime
• Core-Setup

Images for .NET Core 2.0.5 are available on Docker.

If you have .NET Core Previews or daily builds installed, these to be removed before attempting to install .NET Core 2.0. This can be done by running a command such as the following.

sudo apt remove dotnet-dev-2.0.0-preview2-006497

Register the Microsoft key, the product repository for your distro and install required system dependencies with the following scripts. To begin, ensure that apt-transport-https is installed using sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https.

wget -q packages-microsoft-prod.deb https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/17.10/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Note: Ubuntu 17.04 will reach end-of-life January 13, 2018.

wget -q packages-microsoft-prod.deb https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/17.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

wget -q packages-microsoft-prod.deb https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

wget -q packages-microsoft-prod.deb https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/14.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.asc.gpg
sudo mv microsoft.asc.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/8/prod.list
sudo mv prod.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list

wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.asc.gpg
sudo mv microsoft.asc.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/9/prod.list
sudo mv prod.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list

Then, update the package cache and install the .NET Core SDK, which includes the .NET Core Runtime.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dotnet-sdk-2.1.4

If only the .NET Core Runtime is needed, install dotnet-runtime-2.0.5 using your package manager.

Register the Microsoft key, the product repository for your distro and install required system dependencies with the following scripts.

sudo rpm -Uvh https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/packages-microsoft-prod.rpm

SUSE Enterprise Linux

sudo rpm -Uvh https://packages.microsoft.com/config/sles/12/packages-microsoft-prod.rpm

OpenSUSE

Note: OpenSUSE 42.2 will reach end-of-life January 26, 2018.

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/config/opensuse/42.2/prod.repo
sudo mv prod.repo /etc/zypp/repos.d/microsoft-prod.repo

Then, update the package cache and install .NET Core SDK, which includes the .NET Core Runtime

sudo yum update
sudo yum install dotnet-sdk-2.1.4

sudo zypper update
sudo zypper install dotnet-sdk-2.1.4

Note: When installing the SDK, SUSE and OpenSUSE may report that nothing provides libcurl. libcurl should already be installed on supported versions of both distros. Run zypper search libcurl to confirm. The error will present 2 "solutions". Choose "Solution 2" to continue installing .NET Core.

If only the .NET Core Runtime is needed, install dotnet-runtime-2.0.5 using your package manager.

Installing from the packages detailed above is recommended and you can also install from binary archive. When using binary archives to install, the contents must be extracted to a user location such as $HOME/dotnet and a symbolic link created for dotnet.

mkdir -p $HOME/dotnet && tar zxf dotnet.tar.gz -C $HOME/dotnet
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/dotnet

If you are looking to host stand-alone applications on Servers, the appropriate components can be installed

Windows Server Hosting installer will install the ASP.NET Core Module for IIS.

DotNetCore.2.0.5-WindowsHosting.exe

On supported Linux systems, register the Microsoft Product feed as described above and install dotnet-hosting-2.0.5 using your package manager.

The Runtime Package Store is installed by the .NET Core SDK and the Server Hosting installers. If you need to install the Runtime Package Store separately, the following can be used.

• AspNetCore.2.0.5.RuntimePackageStore_x64.exe
• AspNetCore.2.0.5.RuntimePackageStore_x86.exe