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Michhes
Michhes

Reputation:

Does the .NET 3.0 SP1 installer also install .NET 2.0 and 3.0?

.NET 3.0 "wraps" .NET 2.0 so if I'm starting out with a clean Windows Server 2003 environment, will the .NET 3.0 SP1 installer also install .NET 2.0 and 3.0? What about .NET 2.0 SP1? Assume I don't want to install .NET 3.5 SP1 just yet.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 648

Answers (3)

John Saunders
John Saunders

Reputation: 161773

You should just install .NET 3.5 SP1, and you'll get .NET 2.0 SP1 and SP2, as well as .NET 3.0 SP1 and SP2.

Upvotes: 3

Bevan
Bevan

Reputation: 44307

The .NET 3.0 installer does install .NET 2.0 - the difference is in libraries only; the runtime under .NET 3.0 is still v2, though with some minor-ish patches.

The runtime under .NET 3.5 is still v2 as well - all the stuff that's new in .NET 3.5 is a mix of compiler magic and some funky libraries.

FWIW, The next version of the .NET runtime is going to be 4.0 - there won't be a v3.

Upvotes: 1

Matthew Flaschen
Matthew Flaschen

Reputation: 284786

If you mean Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1 , I don't think so. However, it's supposed to be backwards-compatible, more or less.

Upvotes: 0

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