Core: Better package for installing just the runtime on RHEL 7

[omajid]

Problem encountered on https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/linux-package-manager/rhel/runtime-current
Operating System: Linux RHEL - x64

The website currently suggests installing rh-dotnet22 for both the sdk and the runtime. That is correct and it works. However, we should tell users how to install only the runtime if they want:

yum install rh-dotnet22-dotnet-runtime-2.2

This is the scl name (rh-dotnet22) + the expected package name (dotnet-runtime-2.2 based on the docs).

The yum command above would replace the yum install rh-dotnet22 command on the runtime install page. The SDK page needs no changes.

This was prompted by this stackoverflow question.

[karelz]

@leecow @dagood any thoughts?

[dagood]

Thanks @omajid! We should take this change. To get to this page, the user specifically clicks a runtime setup link, so they should see how to install the runtime package. The URLs are unique (there may have been some nuance if the links went to the same page):

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/linux-package-manager/rhel/runtime-2.2.3
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/linux-package-manager/rhel/sdk-2.2.105

@rowanmiller Are you the right person to help make this change?

yum install rh-dotnet22-dotnet-runtime-2.2

The yum command above would replace the yum install rh-dotnet22 command on the _runtime_ install page. The SDK page needs no changes.

[rowanmiller]

I can make this change on the site.

This isn't my area of expertise, so couple of questions...

• For the package names, what are the names for 2.1 and 2.0? Is it rh-dotnet20-dotnet-runtime-2.0 and rh-dotnet21-dotnet-runtime-2.1?
• Is the scl enable ... command required for the runtime?

[omajid]

IMO:

• 2.0 is EOL, so we can probably skip that
• The runtime package names are: rh-dotnet21-dotnet-runtime-2.1 (for 2.1) and rh-dotnet22-dotnet-runtime-2.2 (for 2.2).
• Yes, the scl enable .. is (unfortunately) required for all invocations of dotnet command. We put dotnet somewhere under /opt/... and without the scl enable..., $PATH never gets fixed up to search there. Without a scl enable ... users will just get a command not found error.

[rowanmiller]

We have this page already for 2.0, so it will need to keep existing. We mark 2.0 as clearly EOL but still let folks install/download it if they need it. Do we have a package for it? If not, I can just leave it as-is, displaying the sdk instructions.

[rowanmiller]

Here are the staged changes. Currently I have the 2.0 instruction using the rh-dotnet20-dotnet-runtime-2.0 package, but will hold off on publishing til I know if that is correct.

[omajid]

Do we have a package for it? If not, I can just leave it as-is, displaying the sdk instructions.

Yes, it's named along the same lines: rh-dotnet20-dotnet-runtime-2.0

Here are the staged changes

Oops. I think I see a mixup. The scl commands don't need to change from what they were before. Here's what the final commands should look like in each case:

2.2 SDK:

yum install rh-dotnet22 -y     # No change from the currently live page
scl enable rh-dotnet22 bash    # No change from the currently live page

2.2 Runtime:

yum install rh-dotnet22-dotnet-runtime-2.2 -y  # This needs to change on the currently live page
scl enable rh-dotnet22 bash                    # No change from the currently live page. Should be just rh-dotnet22

2.1 SDK:

yum install rh-dotnet21 -y     # No change from the currently live page
scl enable rh-dotnet21 bash    # No change from the currently live page

2.1 Runtime:

yum install rh-dotnet21-dotnet-runtime-2.1 -y  # This needs to change on the currently live page
scl enable rh-dotnet21 bash                    # No change from the currently live page. Should be just rh-dotnet21

2.0 SDK (but since it's EOL, we could leave it as it is. I don't really have a strong opinion either way)

yum install rh-dotnet20 -y     # No change from the currently live page
scl enable rh-dotnet20 bash    # No change from the currently live page

2.0 Runtime:

yum install rh-dotnet20-dotnet-runtime-2.0 -y  # This needs to change on the currently live page
scl enable rh-dotnet20 bash                    # No change from the currently live page. Should be just rh-dotnet20

[rowanmiller]

@omajid perfect, that's exactly the list I was after. Many thanks.

Changes will be live later today.

[rowanmiller]

Changes are live, so closing this issue out.