Unable to load shared library 'libgdiplus' or one of its dependencies

[jrutley]

Description

I'm attempting to run a .NET 5 application that exports to an Excel spreadsheet. When I reach the export part, I get the following error:

System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Gdip' threw an exception.
 ---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'libgdiplus' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: liblibgdiplus: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

After running it with LD_DEBUG, I noticed that the glibc version is incorrect.

/snap/core18/current/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: error: version lookup error: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /lib/libgdiplus.so) (fatal)

The version of glibc that ships with Ubuntu is 2.31.
libgdiplus is version 6.0.4

I don't know if this is an issue with Ubuntu, libgdiplus packaging, or what.

Configuration

• Which version of .NET is the code running on?
  .NET 5
• What OS and version, and for Linux, what distro?
  Ubuntu 20.04
• What is the architecture (x64, x86, ARM, ARM64)?
  x64

Other information

• Please include any relevant stack traces or error messages. If possible please include text as text rather than images (so it shows up in searches).

2021-06-22 21:25:27.193 -04:00 [ERR] The type initializer for 'Gdip' threw an exception.
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Gdip' threw an exception.
 ---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'libgdiplus' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: liblibgdiplus: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
   at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdiplusStartup(IntPtr& token, StartupInput& input, StartupOutput& output)
   at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip..cctor()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdipGetGenericFontFamilySansSerif(IntPtr& fontfamily)
   at System.Drawing.FontFamily.GetGdipGenericSansSerif()
   at System.Drawing.FontFamily.get_GenericSansSerif()
   at System.Drawing.Font.CreateFont(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte charSet, Boolean isVertical)
   at System.Drawing.Font..ctor(String familyName, Single emSize, FontStyle style, GraphicsUnit unit, Byte gdiCharSet, Boolean gdiVerticalFont)
   at OfficeOpenXml.ExcelRangeBase.AutoFitColumns(Double MinimumWidth, Double MaximumWidth)

[hschwane]

Hi, I am fighting the same issue right now. Did you make any progress?

I also noticed that in the exception it says liblibgdiplus in the end of the line:

System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'libgdiplus' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: liblibgdiplus: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Not sure if that has anything to do with it, but it seems odd.

[jrutley]

It sure does seem odd, and yes I noticed it too. I activated LD_DEBUG and saw that it was expecting the wrong glibc version. 29.1 instead of 32.x? (I'm on mobile right now) My workaround was to use a Docker container

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On Wed., Jul. 14, 2021, 06:19 hschwane, ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, I am fighting the same issue right now. Did you make any progress? I also noticed that in the exception it says liblibgdiplus in the end of the line: System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'libgdiplus' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: liblibgdiplus: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Not sure if that has anything to do with it, but it seems odd. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#711 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAF4KJPP2C6GUSDME7XKDJLTXVQEBANCNFSM47E2ZB2Q> .