How to run .net core 2 windows compiled NUnit test cases on Linux?

Question

I have recently created a .Net Core 2 based project on Windows 10 using Visual Studio 2017. I have two class library project, one is for source code and another project is for NUnit test cases of the source code. I built these projects using Visual Studio 2017 and I am able to run test cases using Test Explorer (After installing NUnit Adaptor NuGet package for my test project). Now, I want to test my source code on Linux so, I am finding a way to execute test cases on Linux. I don't want to build the project on Linux again. Can anyone please let me know how to run NUnit test cases on Linux? Can I copy generated DLLs in Linux machine?

Answer 1

Assuming this is a .NET Core test project, you can publish the test project and run the tests on a target system like this:

• Run dotnet publish -o ..\\tests and copy the contents of the ..\\tests project to the target machine.
• Run dotnet vstest yourtestproject.dll on the machine to execute the tests.