.NET Prerequisites and Installation

Many applications in the Red Centre Software suite are dependent upon installation of Microsoft .NET 6.0 SDK which is an open-source, cross-platform software framework.

The .NET 6.0 SDK installers for different operating systems can be found on the following official downloads page:

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0

Note that the .NET downloads page will list an SDK download and a set of Runtime downloads. It is recommended that you install the SDK because it contains all of the Runtime files as well as a number of utility programs that can be useful for troubleshooting and maintenance.

The installation process simply delivers sets of files into standard application folders and does not affect the operating system. A reboot is not required after install or uninstall of the SDK.

An attempt to run an application that depends upon .NET when it is not installed will produce an error similar to the following:

You must install .NET to run this application
App: path
App host version: version
.NET location not found

Adding C# scripting support is discussed in the Wiki article Scripting Overview.

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Last updated: 03-Oct-2022