Build .NET 4.5 on Linux in 5 minutes

Although .NET 4.5 solutions (.sln) cannot use the convenient dotnet CLI (from .NET Core 1.1), you still can make it. This article will get you building .NET 4.5 Solutions within 5 minutes and prove that it's not just possible, it's easy!

Objective

This article WILL NOT teach you how to wrap your application in a Docker Container. The procedure for that is different.