Is it possible to run .NET Core on Raspberry PI?

Question

I've heard that .NET Core could run on Linux and Mac as well. I am currently using Mono on Raspberry PI. Is it possible or will it be possible to run .NET Core on Raspberry PI?

Answer 1

I have managed to run .NET Core 2 app on Raspberry PI 3 with Raspbian.

I have followed https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/samples/RaspberryPiInstructions.md and https://github.com/dotnet/core/issues/447:

On my laptop:

Install .NET Core 2.0 SDK

Run

mkdir helloworld cd helloworld dotnet new console 

Edit helloworld.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">    <PropertyGroup>     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-arm;linux-arm</RuntimeIdentifiers>   </PropertyGroup>  </Project> 

Run

dotnet publish -r linux-arm 

On Raspberry PI 3 with Raspbian:

Run sudo apt-get install libc6 libcurl3 libgcc1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libicu52 liblttng-ust0 libssl1.0.0 libstdc++6 libunwind8 libuuid1 zlib1g

Then copy ./bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.0/linux-arm/publish from my laptop

[Modified permissions of helloworld]

Run ./helloworld

Answer 2

Now you can run dotnet core on Raspberry PI. In order to do that you need to:

1. Cross-compile coreclr & corefx (possible on Linux x64 machine)
2. Extract the dlls without the private and precompiled files to the PI
3. Copy your app's managed dlls to the PI
4. Use "corerun" executable to run your app

If you want to skip the above and get a ready made binaries for the Raspberry PI 3 (or even the entire image), you can use my compiled build at:

http://ravendb.net/promo/xmas-win-raspberry-pi

Note: I was able to do that on Raspberry PI 3, using Headless Ubuntu Server 16.04 and with Ubuntu Mate 16.04. I presume additional steps (i.e. installing additional packages) needed to be done on Raspbian OS and PI 2.

Links for Cross Compilation (on Ubuntu 16.04 x64 machine):

• coreclr : https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/Documentation/building/cross-building.md
• corefx : https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/blob/master/Documentation/building/cross-building.md

A video I made with "how to" get the binaries (which includes our app):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPxCVDOUlT8