Errors while trying to use System.Drawing in .Net Core Console Application

Question

I am trying to create a Bitmap with System.Drawing.Common in a .Net Core Console Application running on Ubuntu 18.04, but as soon as I execute the code it will show me:

The type initializer for 'Gdip' threw an exception.
   at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdipCreateBitmapFromScan0(Int32 width, Int32 height, Int32 stride, Int32 format, HandleRef scan0, IntPtr& bitmap)
   at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height, PixelFormat format)
   at MidnightBot.Modules.AdminCommands.CreatePollAsync(String Term1, String Term2, String Description) in /home/MidnightBot/Modules/AdminCommands.cs:line 125
System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'libgdiplus': The specified module could not be found.
   at System.Runtime.InteropServices.FunctionWrapper`1.get_Delegate()
   at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdiplusStartup(IntPtr& token, StartupInput& input, StartupOutput& output)
   at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip..cctor()

Also I tried to do what was described here. But without success.

Thanks for any help.

Underpin

Did you only execute the command to install the dependencies? That is not enough, in fact you don't want to do that except as a developer developing the library. Just use the Ubuntu package manager to install the libgdiplus package. – Grub

It reads as if that dll wasn't present in the build artifacts. Does dotnet restore fix this by any chance? That should've stopped you at compile time, rather than runtime. – Petrous

Yeah only did that, how would I install libdigplus ? just sudo apt-get install libdigplus @Grub – Underpin

sudo apt-get install libgdiplus – Grub

@Grub No more errors and the image is getting generated, but something wired going on going to update my question. – Underpin

@Underpin Write a new question if you have a different (new) problem. – Grub

Okay then I am going to create a new one thanks anyway! – Underpin

Answer 1

You need to install the gdiplus library using a package manager. For example:

sudo apt-get install libgdiplus

Grub

@FairyQueen have you tried brew install mono-libgdiplus? – Grub