dotnet / dotnet/vscode-dotnet-runtime
Clean up old .NET runtimes
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Description
### Describe the bug.
* already have 'dotnet' installed in "/usr/local/share/dotnet/dotnet"
* already have 2 version of SDK in that location
depending on ... ... could be the weather, could be something else, **ms-dotnettools.csdevkit** tries or does not try to load a new version of dotnet ... ... quantum computing I guess.
```
ms-dotnettools.csdevkit requested to download the .NET ASP.NET Runtime.
Downloading .NET version(s) 9.0.3~arm64~aspnetcore ..........
Error : (DotnetAcquisitionFinalError)
```
**NOTE**: The fact that disks are ever growing should not be misconstrued for a free license for MS/whomever to fill them up with an ever growing number of dotnet runtimes disseminated all over the place.
### Please attach log file(s) here if you have any.
```
Using configured .NET path: /usr/local/share/dotnet/dotnet
ms-dotnettools.csdevkit requested to download the .NET ASP.NET Runtime.
Downloading .NET version(s) 9.0.3~arm64~aspnetcore ..........
... MORE HERE...
Installation source: https://builds.dotnet.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/Runtime/9.0.3/aspnetcore-runtime-9.0.3-osx-arm64.tar.gz.
Installation location: /Users/laurent/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime/.dotnet/9.0.3~arm64~aspnetcore.
Report the bug at https://github.com/dotnet/install-scripts/issues.
dotnet_install: Error: `ASP.NET Core Runtime` with version = 9.0.3 failed to install with an error.
```
### Reproduction Steps
* "developer: reload window"
sometimes there is an error ... sometimes there is not .. go figure
### Expected Behavior
I DONT WANT YET ANOTHER Runtime/SDK ....
### Exceptions & Errors (if any)
_No response_
### .NET Install Tool Version
2.3.1 2025-04-08, 06:13:51
### Your operating system? Please provide more detail, such as the version and or distro above.
macos
### VS Code Version
1.97.2 universal
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