Missing binary in ARM64 Debian Bookworm repository

[KevinFumbles]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the bug

aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 (as well as other dotnet binaries) are missing from the ARM64-side of the Debian Bookworm repository hosted on packages.microsoft.com. It is listed in the AMD64 side of the same repository, and is available for ARM64 as a download on the dotnet.microsoft.com site, but this requires manual dependency resolution. I found a similar issue for v3.1, but I just assumed that since 8.0 is the latest it would be available through the official repository. Is there a specific reason for this?

Expected Behavior

I was following the instructions on the docs for installing .NET on Linux (Debian 12 specifically), and expected the instructions to work.

Steps To Reproduce

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Exceptions (if any)

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.NET Version

8.0

Anything else?

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[amcasey]

@wtgodbe probably knows the right people to loop in.

[wtgodbe]

Maybe @mairaw or @rbhanda? We do produce linux Arm64 bits

[mkArtakMSFT]

@leecow FYI

[leecow]

We currently only publish ARM64 installers to packages.microsoft.com for cbl-mariner and azurelinux.

/cc @richlander

[richlander]

There are Arm64 packages in Ubuntu. Will that satisfy the need? Meaning, are you specifically a Debian user or attempting to install .NET on any Linux?

[KevinFumbles]

Hey Rich,

I don’t see it in the arm64 side of 22.04/23.04 (closest Ubuntu LTS/non-LTS versions to Debian 12) on packages.microsoft.com. Though it wouldn’t be as ideal as it being in the Bookworm repository, it should work if it were in Ubuntu Jammy.

It’s certainly not the end of the world not being in the repository, though it would simplify management considering it’s in the amd64 bookworm repo and arm64 binaries are available elsewhere.

Thanks,
Kevin

[richlander]

Sorry. I meant at https://packages.ubuntu.com/.

Example: https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/dotnet-sdk-8.0

[KevinFumbles]

Hey Rich,

Thanks for the info, looks like this package in Jammy Updates is the one I want. Not the ideal situation, but I should be able to use apt pinning to reduce the chance of bad side effects of using an Ubuntu repo on Debian. Feel free to close this unless you think there’s a chance the package will eventually be available in the packages.microsoft.com repo.

Thanks,
Kevin

[richlander]

I raised this topic with others, about publishing to the PMC location for Debian. Let's keep it open for now.

[richlander]

We talked about it. We want to enable publishing Debian Arm64 packages, but it is too far down the backlog at the moment. We will re-discuss it when we transition to .NET 10 planning. The problem is that we're using an old tool to generate packages that doesn't support Arm64. We need to adopt a new tool (FPM).