Installation

This guide covers the prerequisites and how to build Universal Data Generator from source.

Prerequisites

The .NET 10 SDK. Confirm the version:
```
dotnet --version
```
The output starts with 10..
On Windows, the Windows desktop workload, which the WinForms host requires. The other projects build on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Get the source

Clone or copy the project, then restore and build the solution:

dotnet build UniDataGen.slnx

The build produces the libraries, the four hosts, and the two test projects.

Build the WinForms host on a non-Windows machine

The WinForms host targets net10.0-windows. To compile it for inspection on Linux or macOS, enable Windows targeting. The result compiles but does not run off Windows.

dotnet build UniDataGen.slnx -p:EnableWindowsTargeting=true

Run the tests

dotnet test tests/UniDataGen.Core.Tests
dotnet test tests/UniDataGen.Targets.Tests

Both projects run with no network access.

Next steps