Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Download and Installation Options
This article outlines the approaches for downloading and installing the binaries with the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC components and for providing the client-side resources. This approach is applicable only for Windows users.
Installing the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC provides the opportunity to:
- Use the Telerik UI controls offline (no Internet connection required).
- Running the demos in offline mode.
- Implementing new features in the application by using wizards and templates.
The Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC components are server-side wrappers for the Kendo UI for jQuery widgets. To configure a working application, you must provide both the binaries and the client-side resources:
Binaries—they are available as
dllfiles and you can get them by using the automated installer or directly from the Telerik NuGet server. The binaries allow you to use the Telerik UI HtmlHelpers.Client-side resources—these are the JavaScript and CSS files that are required by the Telerik UI components.
Requirements
Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC requires the .NET Framework. To download the current version of the .NET Framework, visit Microsoft's website.
Getting the Binaries
To download the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC binaries with the components, you can use either of the approaches listed below:
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Download and install the automated installer—you can find it in the downloads section of your Telerik account.
The automated MSI installer package comes with a standard setup wizard. The setup wizard installs the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC binaries and the required client-side resources in a folder on your machine.
The MSI allows you to choose whether to install the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Visual Studio extensions and the offline version of the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Demos. Optionally, the installer can configure the Telerik NuGet feed for you.
An alternative approach to installing the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC on your machine is to use the Telerik NuGet server to add the required packages to your project.
Archives with setup files—from the downloads section of your Telerik account, you can get
.zipand.7zfiles that include the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC binaries and the client-side JavaScript and CSS files. The files included in the archive are identical with those that you get when you use the automated installer, but you don't get the automatic NuGet configuration and the Visual Studio extensions.
As of R1 2024, all of the binaries and NuGet packages will be digitally signed and the
telerik.ui.for.aspnetmvc.hotfix.{VERSION}.commercial.digitally-signedpackage will be deprecated.
Providing the Client-Side Resources
Regardless of the method that you use to download and install the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC binaries, you must always include the client-side JavaScript and CSS files in your project. The reason is that the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC are server-side wrappers for the Kendo UI for jQuery widgets.
If you use the automated installer or the archive with the setup files, you will have all needed client-side resources locally on your machine. Alternatively, you can provide them as online resources by using the Telerik CDN. For more information, see Providing Client-Side Resources.
Next Steps
- Install Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC through the Windows MSI installer package
- Install Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC with NuGet
- Create a New Project through the Telerik Extensions