Developing Valida's C# .NET Microservice on Linux

Did you know that developing C# .NET on Linux has become a lot more enjoyable in recent years?
If you'd like to learn how to set up your very own C# .NET development environment on Arch Linux, you're in the right place.

This post is part of my Valida portfolio project and aimed at developers and hobbyists.

If you're a Non-technical user, you've probably misclicked but you're encouraged to come back after learning more about Arch Linux and C# .NET.


Installation of System Dependencies

bash
1#!/usr/bin/env bash
2

3# INFO: If you only want to run .NET managed applications
4sudo pacman -Sy dotnet-runtime
5

6# INFO: In order to build apps with .NET, install dotnet-sdk as well
7sudo pacman -Sy dotnet-sdk
8

9# INFO: Lastly, to build dynamic web sites, applications,
10# and services using ASP.NET Core
11sudo pacman -Sy aspnet-runtime aspnet-targeting-pack
12

13# NOTE: To use .NET 8.0 or 9.0 (instead of the current latest, 10.0),
14# suffix above package with "-8.0" or "-9.0" respectively,
15# such as dotnet-runtime-8.0, dotnet-sdk-8.0, aspnet-runtime-8.0,
16# and aspnet-targeting-pack-8.0.
17# (more versions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/.NET#Install_multiple_versions_via_AUR)