.NET Standard 2.0 Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open your favorite browser and navigate to https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/macos.

2. Click on the Download .NET Core 2.1.x SDK (at the time of writing, the version is 2.1.105) button.

3. Now, in the download dialog box, select Save.
4. Now double-click on the file from the downloaded location (typically in the Downloads folder) and follow the instructions to install.
5. After installation, you should be good to go. Let's open a terminal and test the installation. (Applications | Utilities | Terminal).
6. Now, in the terminal, type the following command:

      $ dotnet --version

7. If everything is OK, you should see output like this: ...