System Requirements

Overview

Aspose.Slides for .NET does not require Microsoft PowerPoint to be installed because Aspose.Slides is an independent Microsoft PowerPoint document creation, conversion, page layout, and rendering engine.

Supported Operating Systems

Aspose.Slides for .NET supports any 32-bit or 64-bit operating system where .NET or Mono framework is installed including (but not limited to):

Windows

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server ( x64, x86)
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server ( x64, x86)
• Microsoft Windows 2022 Server
• Microsoft Windows Vista ( x64, x86)
• Microsoft Windows XP ( x64, x86)
• Microsoft Windows 7 ( x64, x86)
• Microsoft Windows 8, 8.1 ( x64, x86)
• Microsoft Windows 10 ( x64, x86)
• Microsoft Windows 11 ( x64, x86)
• Microsoft Azure

Linux

• Linux (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, CentOS, Alpine, and others)

Mac

• Mac OS X

Supported Frameworks

Aspose.Slides for .NET supports .NET and Mono frameworks:

.NET Frameworks

• .NET Framework 2.0
• .NET Framework 3.5
• .NET Framework 4.0
• .NET Framework 4.0_ClientProfile
• .NET Framework 4.5.0
• .NET Framework 4.5.1
• .NET Framework 4.5.2
• .NET Framework 4.6.0
• .NET Framework 4.6.2
• .NET Framework 4.5.0
• .NET Framework 4.5.1
• .NET Framework 4.6.0
• .NET Framework 4.6.2
• .NET Framework 4.7
• .NET Framework 4.7.2
• .NET 5
• .NET 6
• .NET 7
• .NET 8
• .NET 9
• .NET Core
• COM Interop support (COM, C++, VBScript)

Mono Framework

• MONO Support in MAC and Linux platforms

Development Environments

Aspose.Slides for .NET can be used to develop applications in any development environment that targets the .NET platform, but these environments are explicitly supported:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022

Aspose.Slides Main Builds

Currently, there are two main builds of Aspose.Slides — Aspose.Slides.NET and Aspose.Slides.NET6.CrossPlatform.

Aspose.Slides for .NET

This is the main version of the product. It uses the standard .NET graphics engine.

• On non-Windows platforms, you may need to install the libgdiplus library and its dependencies.
• Prior to version Aspose.Slides 25.3, for non-Windows platforms, it was necessary to use the .NET Standard 2.0 DLL from the Aspose.Slides ZIP package.
• Starting from version Aspose.Slides 25.3, the NuGet package can be used directly even on non-Windows systems.
• When running on non-Windows systems, your application must include the following line at startup:

AppContext.SetSwitch("System.Drawing.EnableUnixSupport", true);

• Starting from version 25.3, you can use this package on platforms that support .NET, such as Linux aarch64 (ARM64).

Aspose.Slides for .NET 6 CrossPlatform

This is the version of Aspose.Slides using a custom cross-platform graphics engine developed by the Aspose.Slides team.
On non-Windows platforms, the fontconfig library may be required.

Supported Platforms

• Windows: x86, x86_64
• Linux: x86_64
• macOS: x86_64, ARM64

Planned for Future Support

• Linux: aarch64 (ARM64) — ETA: end of 2025

Not Planned

• Windows 11 ARM (ARM64) — Not currently under consideration