How to deploy .NET Core application with Word to PDF conversion capabilities in Linux OS

Syncfusion Essential DocIO is a .NET Core Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can convert Word document to PDF using ASP.NET Core application in Linux OS.

NuGet packages required:

To deploy .NET Core application with Word to PDF conversion capabilities in Linux OS, the following NuGet packages needs to be referred in your .NET Core application.

From v19.4.0.x:

From v18.4.0.x to v19.4.0.x:

Prior to v18.4.0.x:

Additionally, we required SkiaSharp.Linux helper NuGet package which can be generated by following below steps.

1. Download libSkiaSharp.so from here.
2. Create a folder and name it as SkiaSharp.Linux. Then, place the downloaded file in the folder structure “SkiaSharp.Linux\runtimes\linux-x64\native”
3. Create a nuspec file with name SkiaSharp.Linux.nuspec using following metadata information and place it inside SkiaSharp.Linux folder. The nuspec file can be customized as per your need.

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2012/06/nuspec.xsd">    <metadata>        <id>SkiaSharp.Linux</id>        <version>1.59.3</version>        <title>SkiaSharp for Linux</title>        <authors>Syncfusion Inc.</authors>        <owners>Syncfusion Inc.</owners>        <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>        <description>SkiaSharp for Linux is a supporting package for Linux platforms.</description>        <tags>linux,cross-platform,skiasharp,net-standard,net-core,word-to-pdf</tags>        <dependencies>            <group targetFramework=".NETStandard1.4">                <dependency id="SkiaSharp" version="1.59.3" />            </group>        </dependencies>    </metadata></package>
   

4. Make sure the nuget.exe file is present along with SkiaSharp.Linux folder (in the parent folder of SkiaSharp.Linux folder). If not download it from here.
5. Open a command prompt and navigate to SkiaSharp.Linux folder
6. Execute the following command

nuget pack SkiaSharp.Linux\SkiaSharp.Linux.nuspec -outputdirectory "C:\NuGet ". The output directory can be customized as per your need.

Now, SkiaSharp.Linux NuGet will be generated in the mentioned output directory and add the generated NuGet as additional reference.

You can also find the SkiaSharp.Linux NuGet package created by us from here.

See Also:

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