Install the .NET SDK or the .NET Runtime on RHEL and CentOS Stream
.NET is supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). This article describes how to install .NET on RHEL and CentOS Stream.
Install the SDK (which includes the runtime) if you want to develop .NET apps. Or, if you only need to run apps, install the Runtime. If you're installing the Runtime, we suggest you install the ASP.NET Core Runtime as it includes both .NET and ASP.NET Core runtimes.
Use the dotnet --list-sdks and dotnet --list-runtimes commands to see which versions are installed. For more information, see How to check that .NET is already installed.
Register your Red Hat subscription
To install .NET from Red Hat on RHEL, you first need to register using the Red Hat Subscription Manager. If this hasn't been done on your system, or if you're unsure, see the Red Hat Product Documentation for .NET.
Important
The previous statement doesn't apply to CentOS Stream.
Supported distributions
The following table is a list of currently supported .NET releases on both RHEL and CentOS Stream. These versions remain supported until either the version of .NET reaches end-of-support or the Linux distribution is no longer supported.
| Distribution | .NET |
|---|---|
| RHEL 9 | 9.0, 8.0 |
| RHEL 8 | 9.0, 8.0 |
| CentOS Stream 9 | 9.0, 8.0 |
| CentOS Stream 8 | 8.0, |
| CentOS Linux is no longer supported |
The following versions of .NET are ❌ no longer supported:
- .NET 7
- .NET 6
- .NET 5
- .NET Core 3.1
- .NET Core 3.0
- .NET Core 2.2
- .NET Core 2.1
- .NET Core 2.0
Install preview versions
Preview and release candidate versions of .NET aren't available in package repositories. You can install previews and release candidates of .NET in one of the following ways:
Remove preview versions
When using a package manager to manage your installation of .NET, you may run into a conflict if you've previously installed a preview release. The package manager may interpret the non-preview release as an earlier version of .NET. To install the non-preview release, first uninstall the preview versions. For more information about uninstalling .NET, see How to remove the .NET Runtime and SDK.
RHEL 9
.NET is included in the AppStream repositories for RHEL 9.
Install the SDK
The .NET SDK allows you to develop apps with .NET. If you install the .NET SDK, you don't need to install the corresponding runtime. To install the .NET SDK, run the following command:
sudo dnf install dotnet-sdk-9.0
To learn how to use the .NET CLI, see .NET CLI overview.
Install the runtime
The ASP.NET Core Runtime allows you to run apps that were made with .NET that didn't provide the runtime. The following command installs the ASP.NET Core Runtime, which is the most compatible runtime for .NET. In your terminal, run the following command:
sudo dnf install aspnetcore-runtime-9.0
As an alternative to the ASP.NET Core Runtime, you can install the .NET Runtime, which doesn't include ASP.NET Core support: replace aspnetcore-runtime-9.0 in the previous command with dotnet-runtime-9.0:
sudo dnf install dotnet-runtime-9.0
To learn how to use the .NET CLI, see .NET CLI overview.
RHEL 8
.NET is included in the AppStream repositories for RHEL 8.
Install the SDK
The .NET SDK allows you to develop apps with .NET. If you install the .NET SDK, you don't need to install the corresponding runtime. To install the .NET SDK, run the following command:
sudo dnf install dotnet-sdk-9.0
To learn how to use the .NET CLI, see .NET CLI overview.
Install the runtime
The ASP.NET Core Runtime allows you to run apps that were made with .NET that didn't provide the runtime. The following command installs the ASP.NET Core Runtime, which is the most compatible runtime for .NET. In your terminal, run the following command:
sudo dnf install aspnetcore-runtime-9.0
As an alternative to the ASP.NET Core Runtime, you can install the .NET Runtime, which doesn't include ASP.NET Core support: replace aspnetcore-runtime-9.0 in the previous command with dotnet-runtime-9.0:
sudo dnf install dotnet-runtime-9.0
To learn how to use the .NET CLI, see .NET CLI overview.
CentOS Stream 9
.NET is included in the AppStream repositories for CentOS Stream 9.
Install the SDK
The .NET SDK allows you to develop apps with .NET. If you install the .NET SDK, you don't need to install the corresponding runtime. To install the .NET SDK, run the following command:
sudo dnf install dotnet-sdk-9.0
To learn how to use the .NET CLI, see .NET CLI overview.
Install the runtime
The ASP.NET Core Runtime allows you to run apps that were made with .NET that didn't provide the runtime. The following command installs the ASP.NET Core Runtime, which is the most compatible runtime for .NET. In your terminal, run the following command:
sudo dnf install aspnetcore-runtime-9.0
As an alternative to the ASP.NET Core Runtime, you can install the .NET Runtime, which doesn't include ASP.NET Core support: replace aspnetcore-runtime-9.0 in the previous command with dotnet-runtime-9.0:
sudo dnf install dotnet-runtime-9.0
To learn how to use the .NET CLI, see .NET CLI overview.
CentOS Stream 8
Use the Microsoft repository to install .NET:
sudo rpm -Uvh https://packages.microsoft.com/config/centos/8/packages-microsoft-prod.rpm
sudo yum install dotnet-sdk-8.0
To learn how to use the .NET CLI, see .NET CLI overview.
Where is CentOS Linux
.NET is no longer supported on CentOS Linux. As of June 30th, 2024, CentOS Linux reached end-of-life. For more information, see End dates are coming for CentOS Stream 8 and CentOS Linux 7.
Dependencies
When you install with a package manager, these libraries are installed for you. But, if you manually install .NET or you publish a self-contained app, you'll need to make sure these libraries are installed:
- krb5-libs
- libicu
- openssl-libs
- zlib
If the target runtime environment's OpenSSL version is 1.1 or newer, you'll need to install compat-openssl10.
Dependencies can be installed with the yum install command. The following snippet demonstrates installing the libicu library:
sudo yum install libicu
For more information about the dependencies, see Self-contained Linux apps.
If the .NET app uses the System.Drawing.Common assembly, libgdiplus must be installed. For more information, see System.Drawing.Common only supported on Windows.
You can install a recent version of libgdiplus by adding the Mono repository to your system.
How to install other versions
Consult the Red Hat documentation for .NET on the steps required to install other releases of .NET.
Troubleshoot the package manager
This section provides information on common errors you may get while using the package manager to install .NET or .NET Core.
Errors related to missing fxr, libhostfxr.so, or FrameworkList.xml
For more information about solving these problems, see Troubleshoot fxr, libhostfxr.so, and FrameworkList.xml errors.
