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Steps to Install .NET 8 on Linux (Ubuntu)

To install .NET 8 on a Linux machine, follow the steps below. The instructions are based on the Ubuntu distribution, but can be adapted for other distributions.

Update existing packages:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y

Install the required packages:

sudo apt install -y wget apt-transport-https

Add the Microsoft Package Signing key:

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(lsb_release -rs)/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Update the repositories: 

sudo apt update

Install the .NET 8 SDK:

sudo apt install -y dotnet-sdk-8.0

Verify the installation:

dotnet --version

FrameworX Setup on Linux with .NET 8.0

The UBUNTU version used for testing was 22.04. It was also tested with Debian 12. Others OS that accept .NET 8.0 should work as well, but there may be differences in how you install .NET 8.0.

Step 1

.NET 8.0 should already be installed on Linux. If not, go back to the section "Steps to install .NET 8 on Linux (Ubuntu).”   

Step 2

Here we will import the necessary files to open the connection between your computer and Linux. We recommend you import the files in the path "/Home/FrameworX/". If the folder does not exist, you should create it.

git clone https://github.com/tatsoftdocs/FrameworX-v10.git

If you don’t have github installed, use the following command:

sudo apt install git

If that doesn’t work for you, you have a secondary option below:

Copy the files and subdirectories from the Windows installation directory "<Install Path>\FrameworX\net8.0" to the Linux directory "/Home/FrameworX".

Step 3

On Linux, we will run the WebServices to connect to the windows computer. Inside the directory "/Home/FrameworX/", run the following command:

dotnet TWebServices.dll

After you run this command, it should show you in the terminal that it is running and what is the IP and Port.

Step 4

After that, simply run FrameworX.exe on Windows, connect to Linux in “Server Information” > “Remote Server” > add the IP and port (it will be shown when you do the command in step 3), “Upgrade Product…” with the options you want to install on Linux (for example: HTML5, Designer/Remote, Protocol Drivers, etc.). Here you import the product installation to Linux.

Step 5

Finally, click “Upload File…”, and upload the file you will use in the Linux environment. It is important to notice that the project has to be created with the multi-platform option.

Pythonnet for Python scripts

If Python scripts are to be used, pythonnet is essential. There are two options from this point: installing it globally or inside a virtual environment. Follow the steps below for both options:

Installing in a Virtual Environment: 

Run the following command in the terminal to create the virtual environment (venv) in the current folder:

python3 -m venv ./venv_pythonnet

Once created, activate the virtual environment with the command below

source ./venv_pythonnet/bin/activate

After activation, upgrade pip to ensure compatibility and access to the latest packages:

pip install --upgrade pip

With the environment active and pip upgraded, install pythonnet:

pip install pythonnet

If you choose this option, you must run TWebServices.dll within the same virtual environment. Otherwise, FrameworX will not be able to locate the pythonnet module.

Installing Globally:

Check your python version 

python3 --version

Based on your Python version, install the following packages to ensure that pythonnet can compile and run correctly:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
    python3-pip \
    python3.12-dev \
    build-essential \
    clang \
    libpython3.12 \
    libpython3.12-dev

Now install pythonnet using the following command.
Note: The --break-system-packages flag is required due to recent changes introduced by python.org. [More information can be found here.]

 sudo pip3 install pythonnet --break-system-packages

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