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I'm using Linux Ubuntu and for semester project I need to install Microsoft Visual Studio for development of Windows form application and .net application and I have less hard drive space(using 128 SSD hard-disk) to install Virtual Machine So my question is, is there any way to install Microsoft Visual Studio(not Visual Studio code) in Linux Ubuntu for the development of windows from application?

Mobin Al Hassan
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    no, you can't. More then that, Windows Forms is highly depend on Windows API (such as GDI+, for example), so you can't run them on linux – vasily.sib Mar 11 '20 at 05:53
  • You could use a Windows VM running inside your OS of choice. – Zer0 Mar 11 '20 at 05:54
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    No, you can't. Straight up Visual Studio is Windows only. There's also a Mac version (Visual Studio for Mac). VS Code runs on many platforms. If you search for "Download Visual Studio" you'll see your choices – Flydog57 Mar 11 '20 at 05:55
  • someone could advise you to use [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/) for this, but you should always remember, that `W.I.N.E` is stand for `Wine Is Not an Emulator` – vasily.sib Mar 11 '20 at 05:55
  • so what about monodevelop is this have enough development capability? – Mobin Al Hassan Mar 11 '20 at 05:58
  • You could technically use Mono Develop (or any other cross platform C# IDE like Rider) to develop WinForms application, they just won't run (and maybe even won't compile) on Linux – MindSwipe Mar 11 '20 at 05:59
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    I recommend you do what my school is forcing us to do: use an external SSD, USB 3.0 or 3.1 (or whatever it's called nowadays) is plenty fast enough, you can save your VMs to it and boot them on your laptop. Just make sure your using git or some other form of saving your code, because there's a non-negligible chance of your VM corrupting (due to a few reasons) – MindSwipe Mar 11 '20 at 06:04
  • @vasily.sib Is there any way to setup Visual-studio in Docker container?? – Mobin Al Hassan Mar 11 '20 at 06:11
  • @mobinalhassan you [can't host windows containers on linux host](https://stackoverflow.com/a/42185265/2716623) – vasily.sib Mar 11 '20 at 06:14
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    @mobinalhassan it doesn't matter if you can install VS (or any other IDE for C#) - you will never able to run WinForms on linux. Never and ever. By no means. – vasily.sib Mar 11 '20 at 06:17
  • @vasily.sib WinForms even doesn't work when we run in-side IDE? like we are just run or compile inside IDE? – Mobin Al Hassan Mar 11 '20 at 06:22
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    @mobinalhassan yes, I repeat - you will never able to run WinForms on linux. Never and ever. By no means. Even on _"just run or compile inside IDE"_ – vasily.sib Mar 11 '20 at 06:27
  • MonoDevelop has its own GTK based WinForms-style framework you can use, IIRC. – ProgrammingLlama Mar 11 '20 at 06:28
  • @vasily.sib Thanks . – Mobin Al Hassan Mar 11 '20 at 06:32

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It is not possible to install Microsoft Visual Studio on Linux Ubuntu. See this link of the Microsoft Docs

You will not be able to develop a Windows Forms application on a Linux machine, Microsoft indicated that WPF and WinForms will be Windows only with no plans to move them cross-platform, even if you use .NET Core.

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