Installation

1. Download latest binaries here.
2. The installation steps in the Git readme should work. A few steps to call out:

• Install key packages:

pkg install -y libunwind icu libinotify openssl

• Update jail.conf with the following config:

allow.mlock = "1";

3. Unpack binaries (source: forums.freebsd.org)

DOTNET_FILE=dotnet-sdk-8.0.102-freebsd-x64.tar.gz
export DOTNET_ROOT=/opt/.dotnet
mkdir -p "$DOTNET_ROOT"
tar zxf "$DOTNET_FILE" -C "$DOTNET_ROOT"
ln -s $DOTNET_ROOT/dotnet /bin/dotnet

4. Test it!

dotnet --version

More tests

1. Simple API app generation (source: dotnettutorials.net)

dotnet new webapi

Fun facts

1. You can totally install the sdk as non-root!
2. Apart from dotnet the binary being on the PATH env, setting the DOTNET_ROOT environment variable is also required.