Installing the .NET Core SDK

The first step is to download and install the .NET Core SDK. This is the development kit for .NET that will be the engine for your application.

If you’re familiar with Java, .NET Core SDK is similar to Oracle JDK, OpenJDK, or the other billion JDK variants.

MacOS

Using Homebrew

The simplest way to obtain the .NET Core SDK on a Mac is through Homebrew. Once you’ve downloaded and installed Homebrew, run the following command in your Terminal:

brew cask install dotnet-sdk

Once installed, if you want to verify the installation, run:

dotnet --version

.NET Core SDK comes bundled with the .NET Core CLI, in the form of dotnet command.

Debugging Support

To be able to run a debugger on your code, you have to install the Mono project, a cross-platform implementation of the .NET Standard:

brew install mono

Downloading directly

Navigate to Microsoft .NET Core downloads page and install the MacOS version of the latest .NET Core SDK.