Running a .NET Core application on OS X
This recipe shows how to install a .NET Core application on OS X and how to build and run a .NET console application.
Getting ready
To go through this recipe, you will need a Mac OS X operating system. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter11\Recipe4
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How to do it...
To understand how to run .NET Core applications, perform the following steps:
Install .NET Core on your OS X machine. You can visit http://dotnet.github.io/getting-started/ and follow the installation instructions there. Since .NET Core is in the pre-release stage, the installation and usage scenarios could change before this book is published. Refer to the site instructions in that case.
After you have downloaded the
.pkg
file, hold the Control key while opening it. It will unblock the file and will allow you to install it.After you have installed the package, you will need to install OpenSSL. The easiest way is to install the homebrew...