linux support

hi! this is a very cool program and certainly very useful, basically replaces all prior needed programs.

sadly, i wish i could say the same thing about the program on linux, since it doesnt properly function there. on windows of course its fine, as its designed for that.

here is some screenshots and text from someone with a similar experience:

I have a similar issue with CTR Studio like I do in EveryFileExplorer; some plugins just don't load under Linux but I don't get an error in the console

Tried to build it myself but it errors on C# scripts it has automatically generated, wtf (even when trying to build from a release commit)

i dont know how difficult it is since idk how to code but adding linux/wine support would be very very appreciated, thanks!

[CyberYoshi64]

These messages are mine.
CTR Studio succeeds launching when running it through dotnet with appropriate frameworks installed, but the program seems to not detect its plugins and ends up being useless.

Wine doesn't even launch at all because it tries to find a Windows executable somewhere it's not meant to.

A fatal error occurred, the required library hostfxr.dll could not be found in [Z:\usr\share\dotnet\
host\fxr\6.0.10]
0114:fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW ((null),L".NET Runtime"): stub
0114:fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (00000000CAFE4242,0x0001,0x0000,0x000003ff,0000000000000000,0x0001,0x00000000,000000000019FC90,0000000000000000): stub
0114:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"Description: A .NET application failed.\nApplication: CTR Studio.exe\nPath: D:\\Programme-Win\\CTR-Studio\\CTR Studio.exe\nMessage: A fatal error occurred, the required library hostfxr.dll could not be found in [Z:\\usr\\share\\dotnet\\host\\fxr\\6.0.10]\n\n"
0114:fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (00000000CAFE4242) stub

(Not to mention .NET support is very thinnicky on Linux anyways. I'm generally disappointed at .NET for being prone to partially, to not working at all. Don't get me started on the different distros and how .NET works on these...)

[KillzXGaming]

Try renaming the "plugins" folder to uppercase "Plugins". I think it is just picky with the paths, I need to default it correctly.

either with wine or with dotnet, the program still doesnt launch at all for me, even after renaming the folder

[KillzXGaming]

Extract this to the Updater folder of the source code.

Updater.zip

This will fix those errors and should build with dotnet build --runtime linux-x64 --self-contained

this might just be my incompetence, but this was spewed at me:

(i ran this ->) dotnet --build --runtime linux-x64 --self-contained

Could not execute because the specified command or file was not found.
Possible reasons for this include:
  * You misspelled a built-in dotnet command.
  * You intended to execute a .NET program, but dotnet---build does not exist.
  * You intended to run a global tool, but a dotnet-prefixed executable with this name could not be found on the PATH.

with folder structure:

cimgui.dll
cimgui.dylib
cimgui.so
cimnodes.dll
CtrLibrary.dll
CtrLibrary.pdb
CTR Studio.deps.json
CTR Studio.dll
CTR Studio.exe
CTR Studio.pdb
CTR Studio.runtimeconfig.json
CurveEditorLibrary.dll
Default.png
Discord.Net.Core.dll
Discord.Net.Rest.dll
Discord.Net.Webhook.dll
GLFrameworkEngine.dll
GLFrameworkEngine.pdb
ImGui.NET.dll
IONET.dll
Lib
Logs
MapStudioUI.dll
MapStudioUI.dll.config
MapStudioUI.pdb
Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents.dll
Newtonsoft.Json.dll
Octokit.dll
OpenTK.dll
Plugins
Resources
RG_ETC1.dll
runtimes
SharpEXR.dll
SixLabors.ImageSharp.dll
SPICA.dll
SPICA.dll.config
SPICA.Rendering.dll
SPICA.Rendering.dll.config
Syroot.BinaryData.dll
Syroot.Maths.dll
System.Drawing.Common.dll
System.Interactive.Async.dll
System.Linq.Async.dll
tinyfiledialogs.dll
tinyfiledialogs.so
Toolbox.Core.dll
Toolbox.Core.pdb
Updater
Updater.deps.json
Updater.dll
Updater.exe
Updater.pdb
Updater.runtimeconfig.json
x64
x86

(entries without an extension are folders)
and the .csproj file was in the Updater folder so yeah im not really sure what happened

just to clarify im on artix linux (runit) and have installed dotnet-host, dotnet-runtime, dotnet-sdk and dotnet-targeting-pack

EDIT: i did this on the not-newest version so this might be completely unrelevant
EDITEDIT: ALSO did not do this from git repo but from the release, skull emoji

so close...
this happened after doing everything: git cloning the repo with recursive submodules, copying the .csproj into the folder and running the compile command:

Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 17.0.1+b177f8fa7 for .NET
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

  Determining projects to restore...
  Restored /media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/GLFrameworkEngine/GLFrameworkEngine.csproj (in 2.01 sec).
  Restored /media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/Toolbox.Core/Toolbox.Core.csproj (in 2.01 sec).
  Restored /media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/MapStudio.UI/MapStudio.UI.csproj (in 11.32 sec).
  Restored /media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/Updater/Updater.csproj (in 15.52 sec).
  Restored /media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/CTR Studio/CTR Studio.csproj (in 15.54 sec).
  Restored /media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/Plugins/CtrLibrary/CtrLibrary.csproj (in 15.55 sec).
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.110/Current/SolutionFile/ImportAfter/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Solution.targets(27,5): error NETSDK1134: Building a solution with a specific RuntimeIdentifier is not supported. If you would like to publish for a single RID, specifiy the RID at the individual project level instead. [/media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/CTR Studio.sln]

Build FAILED.

/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.110/Current/SolutionFile/ImportAfter/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Solution.targets(27,5): error NETSDK1134: Building a solution with a specific RuntimeIdentifier is not supported. If you would like to publish for a single RID, specifiy the RID at the individual project level instead. [/media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/CTR Studio.sln]
    0 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:17.34

so so close

[KillzXGaming]

Try running dotnet build --runtime linux-x64 --self-contained but run this inside CTR Studio folder where CTR Studio.csproj is located.

The source code also now contains BuildLinux.bat so you can try running that.

running the command in that folder actually did resolve the issue! my only issue now (bc im not familiar with dotnet) is where to find the actual file/executable to run

[KillzXGaming]

You can run in command prompt with dotnet run inside the CTR Studio folder

this is really starting to drag itself...
i got this error when running that (having compiled with the command you told me and after git pull AND the updater.csproj file)

dotnet run /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.110/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(1092,5): error NETSDK1151: The referenced project '../Updater/Updater.csproj' is a self-contained executable. A self-contained executable cannot be referenced by a non self-contained executable. For more information, see https://aka.ms/netsdk1151 [/media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/CTR Studio/CTR Studio.csproj] The build failed. Fix the build errors and run again.

[KillzXGaming]

Should work from latest commit.

It exited dotnet build --runtime linux-x64 --self-contained with this error:

/media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/Plugins/CtrLibrary/Files/BCH/BCH.cs(104,30): error CS0115: 'BCH.DisplayViewport': no suitable method found to override [/media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/Plugins/CtrLibrary/CtrLibrary.csproj]
/media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/Plugins/CtrLibrary/Files/BCRES/BCRES.cs(78,30): error CS0115: 'BCRES.DisplayViewport': no suitable method found to override [/media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/Plugins/CtrLibrary/CtrLibrary.csproj]
    62 Warning(s)
    2 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:21.84

i dont know how this could be going wrong, i appreciate all of your effort yet this is frustrating even for me who doesnt even code the app

[KillzXGaming]

Your MapStudio.UI is outdated. You want to update all the submodules, or reclone it.

oh, i didnt realize, ill do that when i get home

exited with this error:

/media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/Plugins/CtrLibrary/Files/H3DRender.cs(210,26): error CS1061: 'SkeletonRenderer' does not contain a definition for 'Update' and no accessible extension method 'Update' accepting a first argument of type 'SkeletonRenderer' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) [/media/D/Other/Modding/3ds/CTGP7/Tools/CTR-Studio/Plugins/CtrLibrary/CtrLibrary.csproj]
    212 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:02.14

i did reclone the repo with recurse submodules
:/