# Linux System Prerequisites for .NET Core The following table represents the minimum library requirements to create, and run, a basic "hello world" console or MVC application with .NET Core. This table lists .NET Core Runtime requirements; applications could introduce additional dependencies. | Distro | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.1 | | ------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------- | | Ubuntu 20.04 | libicu65, libssl1.1 | libicu65, libssl1.1 | libicu65, libssl1.1 | | Ubuntu 18.04 | libicu60, openssl1.0 | libicu60, openssl1.0 | libicu60, openssl1.0 | | Ubuntu 16.04 | libicu55 | libicu55 | libicu55 | | Debian 10 | libicu63, libssl1.1 | libicu63, libssl1.1 | libicu63, libssl1.1 | | Debian 9 | libicu57, libssl1.0.2 | libicu57, libssl1.0.2 | libicu57, libssl1.0.2 | | Fedora 32 | libicu, openssl | libicu, openssl | libicu, openssl | | Fedora 31 | libicu, openssl | libicu, openssl | libicu, openssl | | Fedora 30 | libicu, openssl | libicu, openssl | libicu, openssl | | CentOS 8 | libicu | libicu | libicu | | CentOS 7 | libicu | libicu | libicu | | OpenSUSE Leap | libicu | libicu | libicu | | SLES 15 | libicu | libicu | libicu | | SLES 12 | libicu | libicu | libicu | | Alpine Linux | icu-libs, krb5-libs, libintl, libssl1.1 (Alpine >= 3.9), libssl1.0 (< 3.9), libstdc++, lttng-ust, numactl (optional), zlib | icu-libs, krb5-libs, libintl, libssl1.1 (Alpine >= 3.9), libssl1.0 (< 3.9), libstdc++, lttng-ust, numactl (optional), zlib | icu-libs, krb5-libs, libintl, libssl1.1 (Alpine >= 3.9), libssl1.0 (< 3.9), libstdc++, lttng-ust, numactl (optional), zlib | | libicu |