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title: "Installing preview .NET SDK in Arch Linux"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/installing-preview-net-sdk-in-arch-linux-ate0hotxo
source_url: https://www.damirscorner.com/blog/posts/20260731-InstallingPreviewDotNetSdkInArchLinux.html
type: article
source: "Damir's Corner"
published: 2026-07-31T07:12:14.347Z
updated: 2026-07-31T07:59:15.865Z
tags: ["linux", ".net"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 7
comments: 2
language: en
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# Installing preview .NET SDK in Arch Linux

**[Damir's Corner](https://daily.dev/sources/damirscorner)** · 3 min read · 7 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

A developer switching from Windows 11 to CachyOS (an Arch Linux-based distro) shares how to install the .NET 11 preview SDK alongside multiple stable .NET versions using AUR packages. The key insight is using dotnet-host-preview-bin as the common host package and installing three packages per SDK version (sdk, runtime, aspnet-runtime). The post lists the exact AUR package names needed for .NET 8, 9, 10, and the .NET 11 preview, and explains the naming conventions for stable vs. preview vs. versioned packages.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@neilhatly** · 1 upvotes

> spoiler...Not that difficult :)

**@pdfopsdev** · 0 upvotes

> the install script route (aka.ms/install-dotnet-preview) beats AUR preview packages for this, AUR versions go stale fast and pacman -Syu will happily clobber your preview build with stable. anyone actually running preview SDKs in CI though, or just local experimentation?

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