Build Avalonia from Source

Prerequisites

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git clone https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia.git
cd Avalonia
git submodule update --init --recursive

.NET Core (Windows, Linux and macOS)

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Install .NET Core

• .NET Core - All Supported OS's

At least the following versions must be installed:

• .NET Core 3.1 SDK
• .NET 6 SDK

Build

cd samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore
dotnet restore
dotnet build

Run

cd samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore
dotnet restore
dotnet run

Special Requirements

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Windows

Install Visual Studio

• Visual Studio 2019

Build

Open Avalonia.sln in Visual Studios 2019 or above.

macOS

The native interop layer requires code generation, this can be triggered by: ./build.sh --target CompileNative