.NET Core 3.0.0 Preview 8 is available for download and usage in your environment. This release includes .NET Core 3.0.0 Preview 8 and .NET Core SDK 3.0.100 Preview 8.
Visual Studio compatibility: .NET Core 3.0 Preview 8 requires Visual Studio 2019 16.3 Preview 2 to take full advantage of all its features. Visit Visual Studio Preview to learn about VS previews.
The .NET Core SDK 3.0.100 Preview 8 includes .NET Core 3.0 Runtime so downloading the runtime packages separately is not needed when installing the SDK. After installing the .NET Core SDK 3.0.100 preview, the following command will show that you’re running version 3.0.100-preview8-013656 of the tools.
dotnet --version
Your feedback is important and appreciated. We’ve created an issue at dotnet/core #3184 for your questions and comments.
| SDK Installer1 | SDK Binaries1 | Runtime Installer | Runtime Binaries | ASP.NET Core Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | x86 | x64 | x86 | x64 | ARM | x86 | x64 | x86 | x64 | ARM | x86 | x64 | ARM | Hosting Bundle2 |
| macOS | x64 | x64 | x64 | x64 | x641 |
| Linux | Snap Install | x64 | ARM | ARM64 | x64 Alpine | - | x64 | ARM | ARM64 | x64 Alpine | x641 | ARM1 | ARM641 | x64 Alpine1 |
| RHEL6 | - | x64 | - | x64 | - |
| Checksums | SDK | - | Runtime | - | - |
All symbols for .NET Core releases for all platforms are now available from nuget or public symbols server. The symbols zips files that we used to share in the release notes earlier will no longer be provided.
The .NET Core Docker images have been updated for this release. Details on our Docker versioning and how to work with the images can be seen in “Staying up-to-date with .NET Container Images”.
The following repos have been updated
Here is list of some of the additions and updates we’re excited to bring in Preview 8. See the .NET and ASP.NET Core blogs for additional details.