diff --git a/externals/install-dotnet.sh b/externals/install-dotnet.sh
index 13d30ad..8ffe169 100755
--- a/externals/install-dotnet.sh
+++ b/externals/install-dotnet.sh
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ get_specific_version_from_version() {
     local json_file="$5"
 
     if [ -z "$json_file" ]; then
-        if [[ "$version" == "latest" ]]; then 
+        if [[ "$version" == "latest" ]]; then
             local version_info
             version_info="$(get_latest_version_info "$azure_feed" "$channel" "$normalized_architecture" false)" || return 1
             say_verbose "get_specific_version_from_version: version_info=$version_info"
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ construct_download_link() {
     local specific_version="${4//[$'\t\r\n']}"
     local specific_product_version="$(get_specific_product_version "$1" "$4")"
     local osname="$5"
-    
+
     local download_link=null
     if [[ "$runtime" == "dotnet" ]]; then
         download_link="$azure_feed/Runtime/$specific_version/dotnet-runtime-$specific_product_version-$osname-$normalized_architecture.tar.gz"
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ construct_download_link() {
 # azure_feed - $1
 # specific_version - $2
 get_specific_product_version() {
-    # If we find a 'productVersion.txt' at the root of any folder, we'll use its contents 
+    # If we find a 'productVersion.txt' at the root of any folder, we'll use its contents
     # to resolve the version of what's in the folder, superseding the specified version.
     eval $invocation
 
@@ -753,9 +753,8 @@ download() {
         elif machine_has "wget"; then
             downloadwget "$remote_path" "$out_path" || failed=true
         else
-            unset http_code
-            download_error_msg="Missing dependency: neither curl nor wget was found."
-            break
+            say_err "Missing dependency: neither curl nor wget was found."
+            exit 1
         fi
 
         if [ "$failed" = false ] || [ $attempts -ge 3 ] || { [ ! -z $http_code ] && [ $http_code = "404" ]; }; then
@@ -905,10 +904,10 @@ install_dotnet() {
 
     # The download function will set variables $http_code and $download_error_msg in case of failure.
     download "$download_link" "$zip_path" 2>&1 || download_failed=true
-    primary_path_http_code="$http_code"; primary_path_download_error_msg="$download_error_msg"
 
     #  if the download fails, download the legacy_download_link
     if [ "$download_failed" = true ]; then
+        primary_path_http_code="$http_code"; primary_path_download_error_msg="$download_error_msg"
         case $primary_path_http_code in
         404)
             say "The resource at $download_link is not available."
@@ -928,9 +927,9 @@ install_dotnet() {
 
             # The download function will set variables $http_code and $download_error_msg in case of failure.
             download "$download_link" "$zip_path" 2>&1 || download_failed=true
-            legacy_path_http_code="$http_code";  legacy_path_download_error_msg="$download_error_msg"
 
             if [ "$download_failed" = true ]; then
+                legacy_path_http_code="$http_code";  legacy_path_download_error_msg="$download_error_msg"
                 case $legacy_path_http_code in
                 404)
                     say "The resource at $download_link is not available."
@@ -1132,10 +1131,10 @@ do
             echo "      --arch,-Architecture,-Arch"
             echo "          Possible values: x64, arm, and arm64"
             echo "  --os <system>                    Specifies operating system to be used when selecting the installer."
-            echo "          Overrides the OS determination approach used by the script. Supported values: osx, linux, linux-musl, freebsd, rhel.6."  
-            echo "          In case any other value is provided, the platform will be determined by the script based on machine configuration."       
+            echo "          Overrides the OS determination approach used by the script. Supported values: osx, linux, linux-musl, freebsd, rhel.6."
+            echo "          In case any other value is provided, the platform will be determined by the script based on machine configuration."
             echo "          Not supported for legacy links. Use --runtime-id to specify platform for legacy links."
-            echo "          Refer to: https://aka.ms/dotnet-os-lifecycle for more information."                 
+            echo "          Refer to: https://aka.ms/dotnet-os-lifecycle for more information."
             echo "  --runtime <RUNTIME>                Installs a shared runtime only, without the SDK."
             echo "      -Runtime"
             echo "          Possible values:"
@@ -1160,7 +1159,7 @@ do
             echo "                                     Installs just the shared runtime bits, not the entire SDK."
             echo "  --runtime-id                       Installs the .NET Tools for the given platform (use linux-x64 for portable linux)."
             echo "      -RuntimeId"                    The parameter is obsolete and may be removed in a future version of this script. Should be used only for versions below 2.1.
-            echo "                                     For primary links to override OS or/and architecture, use --os and --architecture option instead." 
+            echo "                                     For primary links to override OS or/and architecture, use --os and --architecture option instead."
             echo ""
             echo "Install Location:"
             echo "  Location is chosen in following order:"
@@ -1197,7 +1196,7 @@ if [ "$dry_run" = true ]; then
     if [ "$valid_legacy_download_link" = true ]; then
         say "Legacy named payload URL: $legacy_download_link"
     fi
-    repeatable_command="./$script_name --version "\""$specific_version"\"" --install-dir "\""$install_root"\"" --architecture "\""$normalized_architecture"\"" --os "\""$normalized_os"\""" 
+    repeatable_command="./$script_name --version "\""$specific_version"\"" --install-dir "\""$install_root"\"" --architecture "\""$normalized_architecture"\"" --os "\""$normalized_os"\"""
     if [[ "$runtime" == "dotnet" ]]; then
         repeatable_command+=" --runtime "\""dotnet"\"""
     elif [[ "$runtime" == "aspnetcore" ]]; then