Could not load assembly, DLL missing in bin/release/net6.0/bin

Question

I am trying to test a .NET 6 function app on azure but I am consistently getting "Could not load xyz assembly" error during runtime.

I saw that the assembly is present in bin/release/net6.0 but not in bin/release/net6.0/bin which I think is causing the issue.

I have added this to the csproj file as well - I saw that the assembly is present in bin/release/net6.0 but not in bin/release/net6.0/bin which I think is causing the issue.

I have added this to the csproj file as well -

<PropertyGroup>
    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
</PropertyGroup>

I am using visual studio 2022.

Is there any way of having all the DLLs in bin/release/net6.0/bin folder? Any MS Build arguments which might help? I am trying to avoid a script for this.

Answer 1

As @Sean Skelly mentioned, the package DLL's will be available in bin/Debug/.net 6.0.

I have created a simple Http Azure function and all the DLL's are available in the bin/Debug/.net 6.0 as shown below:

getting "Could not load xyz assembly" error during runtime.

• This happens if any of the the dependency is missing or cannot be loaded in the application.
• Check if the package is included in the project and also installed on the machine where the application is running.
• It also happens mostly when the package version is incorrect or incompatible with the application.
• Try downgrade or upgrading the package version which is compatible to the application.

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I tried using an assembly which version is not compatible with my project (.net 6.0)

and I was getting the same error.

Later, I degraded the package version and it worked.