I want to create a build machine for my Xamarin.Forms project. Is there a way to install Xamarin SDK without need to install VS? So far I've managed to: create VPS with Ubuntu & docker, install dotnet 5, install java 16. Following options are acceptable: install Xamarin SDK directly, so that I can run dotnet/msbuild MySolution.sln and get Xamarin.Forms projects built, get docker image based on windows-nano so that solution can be built in container (though I want image size to be as small as possible, due to storage size limitations - I want to fit all needed SDKs in less than 9 Gb).

How to install Xamarin SDK (on Ubuntu) without Visual Studio

I want to create a build machine for my Xamarin.Forms project. Is there a way to install Xamarin SDK without need to install VS?

So far I've managed to:

Following options are acceptable:

install Xamarin SDK directly, so that I can run dotnet/msbuild MySolution.sln and get Xamarin.Forms projects built,
get docker image based on windows-nano so that solution can be built in container (though I want image size to be as small as possible, due to storage size limitations - I want to fit all needed SDKs in less than 9 Gb).