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The latest update is now using .NET Core 6.0, should help resolve some of the issues some of you had previously around installing .NET Core 3.1

The latest update is now using .NET Core 6.0, should help resolve some of the issues some of you had previously around installing .NET Core 3.1

I lost of a bunch of time to the .NET Core 3.1 issue this week and was surprised there were no dotnet-*-3.1-bin packages in the AUR, so I've created one:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dotnet-runtime-3.1-bin

I haven't figured out why dotnet-runtime-3.1 disappeared from community--it's still supported by Microsoft and the package doesn't appear to have been removed from the community repo--so I've added -bin to the various dotnet- and aspnet- 3.1 package names in case official versions return. Unfortunately this means dotnet-runtime-3.1 might not resolve to dotnet-runtime-3.1-bin (I'm not sure if any AUR helpers use provides to resolve dependencies), but if you install it explicitly, storageexplorer should work. 🤞🏻

@crimson, I found a workaround on the ICU version issue based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/64370938/20007

I've updated the package with the added envvar. It disables globalization support. Let me know if anyone else faces issue with this change.

I was still getting Please ensure you have .NET Core 3.1 installed even though I had 3.1 sdk and runtime installed.

It turned out that latest icu 71.1-1 (International Components for Unicode library) was causing compatibility issues.

I solved it by installing icu70 70.1-1 from AUR

EDIT:

Found a workaround without installing any new packages, setting environment variable: CLR_ICU_VERSION_OVERRIDE=71.1

Note that you will need to change this variable every time ICU updates until this issue gets fixed

NOTE: If you are getting Please ensure you have .NET Core 3.1 installed

I found something that works.

Double check with dotnet --info to make sure you don't have 3.1.* installed. Download dotnet-install.sh following https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/.NET#Install_multiple_versions_manually

You need to chmod +x then execute it as follows to install version 3.1.25. I found out about the argument through trial and error following their official doc(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script)

sudo ~/.dotnet/tools/dotnet-install.sh --install-dir /usr/share/dotnet -channel 3.1 -version 3.1.25 -Runtime dotnet

@armadillo I just realized I actually have 3.1.20 installed, I'm not sure how, still figuring out.

$ dotnet --info

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 6.0.2
  Commit:  839cdfb0ec

.NET SDKs installed:
  No SDKs were found.

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.20 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.2 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

I looked into https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/.NET#Install_multiple_versions_manually and tried using dotnet-install.sh but the url for the runtime was wrong. No luck so far. I'm getting quite busy this week. I'll figure something out in the coming weekend.

@faultylee - thanks. I followed the steps you suggested but still get the error. The GUI loads, with an error dialog on top, the full text of which is

The authentication library used by Storage Explorer has failed to start properly. Please ensure you have .NET Core 3.1 installed. If .NET Core 3.1 is already installed then refer to the troubleshooting guide for help. Verbose authentication logging has been enabled.

Error:Hub Controller process exited prematurely with exit code 150.

If I click the OK button in this dialog the GUI then closes.

EDIT - the Storage Explorer logs folder includes entries such as

05/30/2022 07:37:13 : Error : Hub Controller process exited prematurely with exit code 150.

05/30/2022 07:37:13 : Information : HubController PID 38698 exited with code 150.

05/30/2022 07:37:13 : Information : Log configuration: $SERVICEHUBTRACELEVEL="ALL"

05/30/2022 07:37:13 : Information : Starting Service Hub controller '/opt/StorageExplorer/resources/app/ServiceHub/Controllers/microsoft-servicehub-controller/Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller dbf258454b'.

05/30/2022 07:37:13 : Error : HubController PID 38700 stderr: It was not possible to find any compatible framework version

The framework 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '3.1.0' (x64) was not found.

• The following frameworks were found:

  6.0.2 at [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

You can resolve the problem by installing the specified framework and/or SDK.

@armadillo may I know where did you see that error? I tried running StorageExplorer from cli and not able to see that. Does the GUI loads?

I have a feeling something might have been left there from previous installations, maybe do an uninstall, delete /opt/StorageExplorer/ and try install again. Also make sure when you build the package, both src and pkg are deleted. I've seen AUR tools that left files from previous version.

After uninstalling dotnet-runtime-3.1 Storage Explorer gives an error on startup: -

The authentication library used by Storage Explorer has failed to start properly. Please ensure you have .NET Core 3.1 installed.

It seems unfortunate this package was removed from Arch so aggressively when Microsoft is still publishing software that relies on it.

Note: I have dotnet-runtime installed too.

I've updated to dotnet-runtime, it's v6, seems to work properly locally. There's no more 3.1 out in the wild. Let me know if v6 is giving any issue. Thanks for reporting!