Cannot find ILMerge executable

[bassettb]

It is unable to find my ilmerge package.
Nuget packages can be stored under C:\Users%USERNAME%.nuget\packages
It might also be one level deeper under a version folder, like "packages\ilmerge\2.13.307"

[emerbrito]

If both packages: "ILMerge-MSBuild-Task" and "ILMerge" are under the same "packages" folder, the build task should be able to resolve it, for example:

In above scenario it doesn't matter where "packages" is located, as long as your Visual Studio solution is aware of it and "ILMerge-MSBuild-Task" is running from there.

If you are still experiencing issues, please send your build log, it may help me narrow it down.

[TheGoctor]

I'm also seeing this. Build output shows:

Task lib location: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.nuget\packages\ilmerge.msbuild.task\1.0.3\tools
Package location: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.nuget\pacakges\ilmerge.msbuild.task
No folder starting with 'ILMerge' were found under C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.nuget\packages\ilmerge.msbuild.task.
...

By looking at ExeLocationHelper.cs, I can see it's only going up two levels from the Task lib location on line 134.

Sorry, I don't have time to open a PR myself, but hopefully that gives someone else a head start.

[M-Pixel]

Nuget changed its package layout since @emerbrito posted that screenshot - now instead of packages\assembly.version\tools\..., we have packages\assembly\version\tools\.... It's now necessary to go 3 levels up instead of 2, for that reason.

[gabbyrozow]

This issue still seems to be a problem. It works when the ILMerge nuget used is version 2.14.1203, but breaks with this error in more current versions for some reason

[emerbrito]

My apologies. My delay is due to email notifications issues that I hope I fixed for good this time.
Are you still experiencing this? I just tested it with the latest ILMerge package (3.0.21) and the latest extension version and it worked just fine.

If it is still an issue could you please provide me more details on how I can reproduce it so I can work on it ASAP? Please include versions of vs, .net framework and packages you are using.

[Ahmed-Elrayes]

well i got this issue for the latest Version of ILMerge check the pic in number 2 , when u download it from NuGet the ILMerge.exe is in a wrong folder it inside packages\ILMerge.3.0.21\tools\net452
but it should be like Number 1
packages\ILMerge.3.0.21\tools
when i copied it and pasted inside the correct destination it worked

[gabbyrozow]

Thanks for getting back to me. I still haven't had a chance to check it out but will do so when I can. Thanks for the info. Gabby

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[Ahmed-Elrayes]

it's ok am glad that i can help

[xuxuedong]

@emerbrito when i use vs2017 + ilmerge 3.0.21 + msbuild.ilmerge.task 1.0.5, it has following error
"system.io.filenotfoundexception: cannot find ilmerge executable."

[Ahmed-Elrayes]

@emerbrito when i use vs2017 + ilmerge 3.0.21 + msbuild.ilmerge.task 1.0.5, it has following error
"system.io.filenotfoundexception: cannot find ilmerge executable."

i guess this might fix your issue
#13 (comment)

[cnrat]

well i got this issue for the latest Version of ILMerge check the pic in number 2 , when u download it from NuGet the ILMerge.exe is in a wrong folder it inside packages\ILMerge.3.0.21\tools\net452
but it should be like Number 1
packages\ILMerge.3.0.21\tools
when i copied it and pasted inside the correct destination it worked

This issue still not be fixed. Thanks to this walk around.

[ltrzesniewski]

The ILMerge NuGet package sets a $(ILMergeConsolePath) property which ILMerge.MsBuild.Task could use to locate the tool.

[emerbrito]

I tried several times but I still cannot reproduce what was described here (comment). Every time I install the package it goes to the expected folders.

I will try to improve the way it locates the executable in order to avoid this.

[emerbrito]

The ILMerge NuGet package sets a $(ILMergeConsolePath) property which ILMerge.MsBuild.Task could use to locate the tool.

I will look into this.
Meanwhile to anyone experiencing issues, there is an property in the configuration file where you can also manually specify the path of your ilmerge executable (as a last resort): "AlternativeILMergePath":

https://github.com/emerbrito/ILMerge-MSBuild-Task/wiki/Config-File

[emerbrito]

Moving forward we will use $(ILMergeConsolePath) as suggested by @ltrzesniewski since it can always provide the exact location of the executable.
Please refer to issue "#23 - Improve the way ilmerge executable is located" for more details.

There you will also find screenshots, logs and examples where the build task was able to successfully find the executable under different scenarios including the ones mentioned here.

This will be available on v1.0.5.

[emerbrito]

Shipped with v1.0.5.