Overview
The Visual Studio for Mac Application has install dependencies, and some optional requirements which must be met in order for a successful install for customers using Auto-Update. This article outlines these dependencies and requirements.
The frameworks and developer kits listed below correspond to the names in Auto-Update, and should only be installed in conjunction with the Visual Studio Application.
Requirements
The base install of Visual Studio requires that the below frameworks are installed.
- VisualStudio-MonoFramework
- VisualStudio-DotNet6 (Note - this will be installed before .NET 7, otherwise .NET 7 will reinstall)
- VisualStudio-DotNet7
These are installed automatically once a policy has been set up for VisualStudio.
Optional Requirements
The Visual Studio Application has the following optional installs
- VisualStudio-XamarinAndroid
- VisualStudio-XamariniOS
- VisualStudio-XamarinMac
- VisualStudio-XamarinProfiler
- VisualStudio-EclipseTemurinJDK
- VisualStudio-MicrosoftBuildOfOpenJDK
Some optional installs have dependencies which need to be met for a successful install.
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VisualStudio-XamarinAndroid
- VisualStudio-MicrosoftBuildOfOpenJDK
- VisualStudio-EclipseTemurinJDK
- VisualStudio-XamarinProfiler
- VisualStudio-Mono Framework
- VisualStudio-XamariniOS
- VisualStudio-XamarinProfile
- VisualStudio-Mono Framework
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Xamarin.Mac
- VisualStudio-XamarinProfile
- VisualStudio-Mono Framework
Any dependencies will be installed automatically once a policy has been set up.
Security Patching
In order to report on the versions installed, and to falcilitate policy flushing for any security updates a dependancy may have, we recomend that a policy is created for each manditory and optional install you require in your organisation.
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