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I have a school project for programming with Visual Basic. It actually is a programming language released from Microsoft and is used to develop in Windows. I'm working with Ubuntu 21.10. I'm trying to download it but can't. Can I download it in Ubuntu, and if yes, does anyone know how to download it ?

Nonny Moose
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Kristi Papallazo
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    Are you wanting to run VB.NET or the original Visual Basic 6.0? – Nicolas Formichella Apr 07 '22 at 09:23
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    You will want to do this inside a Windows virtual machine. There is no other reliable way to do this in a manner that most colleges and universities will accept – matigo Apr 07 '22 at 10:27
  • @David not true, Wine can run some applications. VB.NET and Visual Basic is not one of those things though, but it is not true that you can't run windows apps in Ubuntu (you can with Wine) – Thomas Ward Apr 09 '22 at 01:28

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No, you cannot. VB.NET and Visual Basic 6.0 do not function in Linux, even under Wine.

The only solution is to use a virtual machine running a suitable Windows version. (VB 6.0 cannot be installed in any Windows later than Windows XP I believe, but VB.NET might be installable in later Windows versions such as Windows 10 though I never tested - I needed Visual Basic for a course assignment too, and discovered the VB6 compatibility limits hence that info here).

Thomas Ward
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Well ... technically ... yes, VB.NET support is supported in .NET Core on Ubuntu. BUT, as mentioned by @matigo (in the comments) and @ThomasWard's answer, it probably won't meet your needs for coursework. It doesn't, for example, support WinForms, or (to my knowledge) any windowing libraries (see this SO Answer).

However VB.NET does work under Ubuntu for Console apps (and some other use-cases).

There are Microsoft Docs specifically for installing on all currently supported Ubuntu releases. For 21.10, use the 21.04 package:

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/21.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Then, to install the SDK:

sudo apt-get update; \
  sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https && \
  sudo apt-get update && \
  sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-6.0

To create a new console application:

mkdir -p ~/src/vbhello
cd ~/src/vbhello
dotnet new console --language VB

To run:

dotnet run
# Outputs "Hello World!"

Again, the support is almost certain too simplistic for your needs.

NotTheDr01ds
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