Archlinux - ms-vscode.csharp - "Error while installing .NET Core Debugger"

From @vindicatorr on July 13, 2016 9:17

• VSCode Version: 1.3.1
• OS Version: Archlinux 4.6.3 - KDE 5.7.1
• Mono Version: 4.3.3

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Extract VSCode

2. mkdir test; cd test; dotnet new

3. Start VSCode and Open Folder for newly created “test”

4. Enable recommended “ms-vscode.csharp” (and restart VSCode)

   Error while installing .NET Core Debugger
   

5. View Log

   ...
   Creating /home/username/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.2.2/coreclr-debug/project.json
   Telemetry is: Enabled
   
   log  : Restoring packages for /home/username/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.2.2/coreclr-debug/project.json...
   
   error: System.IO 4.1.0 provides a compile-time reference assembly for System.IO on .NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0, but there is no run-time assembly compatible with arch.-x64.
   ...
   log  : Writing lock file to disk. Path: /home/username/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.2.2/coreclr-debug/project.lock.json
   
   log  : /home/username/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.2.2/coreclr-debug/project.json
   log  : Restore failed in 2012ms.
   
   Error: 
   Errors in /home/username/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.2.2/coreclr-debug/project.json
   
   Error:     System.IO 4.1.0 provides a compile-time reference assembly for System.IO on .NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0, but there is no run-time assembly compatible with arch.-x64.
   ...
   System.Threading.Timer on .NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0, but there is no run-time assembly compatible with arch.-x64.
   One or more packages are incompatible with .NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0 (arch.-x64).
   
   dotnet exited with error code 1
   

That is only part of the issue. The other part relates to omnisharp which I think I’ll be submitting to their repository.

Copied from original issue: Microsoft/vscode#9192

[gregg-miskelly]

@cra0zy we will respect ID_LIKE so actually that will automatically work if I check for ‘arch’.

Okay, I will try and get out a fix for this soon.

[elangelo]

@gregg-miskelly this worked thnx! what i did:

• created .debugger directory in ~/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.5.3/.debugger
• unzipped the content of coreclr-debug-ubuntu.16.04-x64.zip in .debugger
• chmod +x OpenDebugAD7 and clrdbg (not sure why these two lost their executable properties, maybe zip doesn’t understand those?)
• open C# project and finally enjoy debugging

for your info: /etc/OS_RELEASE#NAME=“Arch Linux” ID=arch PRETTY_NAME=“Arch Linux” ANSI_COLOR=“0;36” HOME_URL=“https://www.archlinux.org/” SUPPORT_URL=“https://bbs.archlinux.org/” BUG_REPORT_URL=“https://bugs.archlinux.org/” VERSION_ID=“2016.06.20”

VERSION_ID is actually the installed date of the OS so this has nothing to do with the actual version of Arch Linux, Arch Linux is a rolling release distro so everybody that cares a bit for their machine is actually running recent stuff.