.NET Core 2.0.0 Runtime

This package installs the .NET Core 2.0 Runtime for your platform and provides the dotnet executable.

No elevation required.

Partners with the dotnet-sdk-2.0.0 package.

Usable as a standalone but also for shipping .NET based packages:

Scenario 1: Global Installation

To make the dotnet command available globally, run

`` Haskell seems to provide nice highlighting
npm i -g dotnet-2.0.0 // for running dotnet apps
npm i -g dotnet-sdk-2.0.0 // for developing dotnet apps
`

Scenario 2: Dependency

When installed as a dependency of a package, the dotnet command will be available to that package's scripts.
This enables a very simple development and shipping experience for platform-independent .NET based applications.

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The following package.json uses both the dotnet-sdk-2.0.0 and dotnet-2.0.0 in order to simplify both developing and shipping the package.

` json
{
"name": "contoso",
"version": "1.33.7",
"description": "Contoso C# app",
"scripts": {
"build": "dotnet build src/contoso.csproj",
"test": "dotnet test src/contoso.test.csproj",
"start": "dotnet bin/netcoreapp2.0/contoso.dll"
},
"devDependencies": {
"dotnet-sdk-2.0.0": "*"
},
"dependencies": {
"dotnet-2.0.0": "*"
}
}
`

This allows consuming the contoso package easily as a standalone using

` Haskell seems to provide nice highlighting
npx contoso
`

or when installed (e.g. as a dependency of another package) using

` Haskell seems to provide nice highlighting
npm start
`

Unsurprisingly, during development the following commands will work:

` Haskell seems to provide nice highlighting
npm run build
npm run test
`

Technical Details

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We created several platform-specific helper packages that actually provide the promised dotnet installation (e.g. dotnet-sdk-2.0.0-win).
Such packages exist for Windows, Linux and MacOS.
Here, we will merely determine the executing platform, acquire the corresponding package and populate .bin with scripts forwarding any calls to the actual binaries.

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The platform-specific package (see above) is installed in a shared location in order to reliably deduplicate it across installations.
By default, the installation location is ~/.net/2.0.0` since it is accessible without elevation.