Linux and MacOS Specifics

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Enable the Drawing Engine

The DevExpress Drawing Library allows you to use the Skia-based drawing engine. Make sure that you add the DevExpress.Drawing.Skia package to your application to use the new drawing engine.

Install on Linux

Install the following operating system libraries:

sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common  
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian sid main'  
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install -y libc6 -f -o APT::Immediate-Configure=0 
sudo apt-get install -y libicu-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libfontconfig1

Tip

The -y flag (yes) assumes silent installation, without asking you questions in most cases.

Note

For information on what libraries are required for the Office-based Text Editor, refer to the following document: Use Office File API on Linux (.NET Core).

Install on MacOS

Install additional operating system libraries with homebrew:

brew install mono-libgdiplus

Note

For information on what libraries are required for the Office-based Text Editor, refer to the following document: Use Office File API on macOS (.NET Core).

Docker Support

Refer to the following tutorials for instructions on how to dockerize (add to a Docker container) your ASP.NET Core application:

• Visual Studio Tools for Docker with ASP.NET Core
• Visual Studio Code - Working with containers

Make the following changes to the Dockerfile when you add the application to a Linux container:

 ...
 FROM microsoft/aspnetcore:2.1 AS base
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y libc6 libicu-dev libfontconfig1
 ...

Export Specifics on Linux and MacOS

Export to PDF and image formats uses the Skia-based drawing engine. Add the DevExpress.Drawing.Skia package as described in the Enable the Drawing Engine section. No further configuration is required for export.