title: How do I manually install bootstrap in mvc in linux?
body: <p>I am currently building a web application with Visual Studio Code in Linux. I am trying to apply bootstrap to it manually. I downloaded Bootstrap 4.1.3, unzipped it and place it in the folder wwwroot/lib/bootstrap. I tried adding the 
          
          
      following code to the /View/Shared/_Layout.cshtml file but it did not work.
  I have searched around and everyone is talking about Bower being discontinued. I don't know if something like Bower is a requirement but if possible I'd like to set everything up manually in the interest of learning and remaining on the Linux OS. Any help on how to set this up in Linux will be appreciated. 
  Update: _Layout.cshtml code. </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
  &lt;html&gt;
      &lt;head&gt;
          &lt;environment include="Development"&gt;
          &lt;link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/../../../wwwroot/lib/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css"&gt;
          &lt;/environment&gt;
  
      &lt;/head&gt;
      &lt;body&gt;
          &lt;nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-dark bg-dark"&gt;
                      &lt;a class="navbar-brand" href="#"&gt;Concentric&lt;/a&gt;
                      &lt;button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation"&gt;
                        &lt;span class="navbar-toggler-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
                      &lt;/button&gt;
  
                      &lt;div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent"&gt;
                        &lt;ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto"&gt;
                          &lt;li class="nav-item active"&gt;
                            &lt;a class="nav-link" href="#"&gt;Home &lt;span class="sr-only"&gt;(current)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
                          &lt;/li&gt;
                          &lt;li class="nav-item"&gt;
                            &lt;a class="nav-link" href="#"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;
                          &lt;/li&gt;
                          &lt;li class="nav-item dropdown"&gt;
                            &lt;a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"&gt;
                              Dropdown
                            &lt;/a&gt;
                            &lt;div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown"&gt;
                              &lt;a class="dropdown-item" href="#"&gt;Action&lt;/a&gt;
                              &lt;a class="dropdown-item" href="#"&gt;Another action&lt;/a&gt;
                              &lt;div class="dropdown-divider"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                              &lt;a class="dropdown-item" href="#"&gt;Something else here&lt;/a&gt;
                            &lt;/div&gt;
                          &lt;/li&gt;
                          &lt;li class="nav-item"&gt;
                            &lt;a class="nav-link Disabled" href="#"&gt;Disabled&lt;/a&gt;
                          &lt;/li&gt;
                        &lt;/ul&gt;
                        &lt;form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0"&gt;
                          &lt;input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search"&gt;
                          &lt;button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit"&gt;Search&lt;/button&gt;
                        &lt;/form&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                    &lt;/nav&gt;
  
          &lt;div&gt;
              @RenderBody()
          &lt;/div&gt;
  
  
          &lt;footer&gt;
              @RenderSection("footer", false)
          &lt;/footer&gt;
      &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>