How do I install .NET Core 2.0 in Ubuntu i386/i686/i86-64 architectures? All the links I found lead to amd-64 installations.
uname :
Linux XXX-virtual-machine 3.5.0-43-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 17:33:43 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
Update:
I did try to install .NET Core in x86-x64 architectures. I followed the procedure from this link.https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#linuxubuntu
In Step-1, I removed "[arch=amd64]" (also tried replacing with x86) and added it to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotnetdev.list'
Added the below repository manually to /etc/apt/sources.list file.
https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-zesty-prod zesty main
(tried with 'deb https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-trusty-prod trusty main' as welll)
In Step-2, after issuing the command, sudo apt-get install dotnet-sdk-2.0.0 I got the error that no i86/i64 entry point found for the repositories.
Failed to fetch https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-zesty-prod/dists/zesty/InRelease Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
W: Failed to fetch https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-trusty-prod/dists/trusty/InRelease Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
I then had to use a brand new amd64 Ubuntu machine to get .NET installed. In amd64 Ubuntu, just following the steps from the link above gives a seamless installation.
amd-64 or amd64 in Ubuntu packages (and other Debian-based Linux flavors) refers to any 64 bits architecture, even if you don't have an AMD processor.
This designation has started like that because AMD's design was the first 64bit design widely adopted. And on some systems like Ubuntu, the name reference had to be kept as is, unfortunately for some which are confused by the differences between systems.
For some historical reference, you can simply visit the x86-64 Wikipedia article, for a start.