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Install a .NET SDK locally for safe preview testing, specific-version pinning, or reproducible team setups — without modifying the system-wide installation. USE FOR: trying .NET previews safely, testing specific SDK versions, installing MAUI or other workloads on a preview, updating or replacing an existing local SDK, creating reproducible team/CI install scripts, configuring global.json paths. DO NOT USE FOR: system-wide SDK installs, .NET hosts older than 10, runtime-only installs, or projects not using SDK-style commands.

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# setup-local-sdk

## Purpose

Guide the user through installing a .NET SDK into a project-local `.dotnet/`
directory and wiring it up via the `global.json` `paths` feature (.NET 10+).
The examples use .NET 11, but this works with any version — prerelease or stable.

The result is a fully isolated SDK that:
- Does **not** modify the system-wide .NET installation.
- Is picked up automatically by `dotnet` commands from the project root.
- Can be deleted to revert (`rm -rf .dotnet/` or `Remove-Item -Recurse -Force .\.dotnet`).

## When NOT to use