Can I load .NET Core 2.2 DLL to Matlab on Linux?

I need to load managed .NET Core 2.2 DLL in Matlab on Linux.

Can it be used at all? Are .NET Standard DLLs supported?

Answer 1

[David]

I have the same question as the OP. The future of .Net is via .Net Core, which is already cross-platform. There will not be any new major versions of .Net Framework. So, presumably Mathworks will align their product to this new framework, and gain two new OS platforms (and customers) in one fell swoop. Can anyone at Mathworks comment on this?

[David]

Does anyone at Mathworks actually pay attention to their own webiste Q&A?

[Guillaume]

Answers is mostly answered by volunteers (including some Mathworkers). Mathworks does not actively monitor all questions. If you want a definitive answer to a particular question, you should raise a service request.

Answer 2

[Guillaume]

While in theory you can use .Net core on linux (with mono), Matlab is very specific that its .Net interface only works on Windows.

[David]

.Net Core on Linux does not require Mono. The latest version is .Net Core 3.0, 3.1 LTS will be out in December 2019. The next major version will fully subsume Mono and be simply .Net 5.

[Robert Jack]

Matlab does not support .NET Core, only .NET Framework (see https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/511448-net-addassembly-net-core-3-1) - even on Windows. So far Matlab does not seem to be able to give any timeline as to when support will arrive, even though, as you say .NET 5 will supercede Windows Framework. My understanding is that .NET 5 will be out early next year.

[Alexander Luzgarev]

Actually, .NET 5 will be out this year (around November 10). It already has a "go-live" final release candidate out. One can only hope that MathWorks stops ignoring .NET Core (like it did for the last 4 years) and adds support for it soon.