Unhandled exception. System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Console, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'. The system cannot find the file specified.

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Unhandled exception. System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Console, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'. The system cannot find the file specified.

chaowen guo 21

I have a Cli.dll and need to run it as dotnet Cli.dll. In ubuntu, everything works fine. But in debian, I get Unhandled exception. System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Console, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'. The system cannot find the file specified. But when i run dotnet --list-runtimes I can see System.Console.dll right in /usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/8.0.12. Why dotnet can not find System.Console?

I use

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/11/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
apt update
apt install -y --no-install-recommends dotnet-sdk-8.0

to install the dotnet the debian is bullseye, ubuntu in on 24.04 and 22.04

I want to know why and how to fix the problem?

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Surya Amrutha Vaishnavi Lanka (INFOSYS LIMITED) 810 Microsoft External Staff

This issue occurs due to missing or misconfigured **.runtimeconfig.json or .deps.json **files, incorrect framework references in the project.

Here are some steps which may be helpful

1.Ensure Proper Runtime Configuration

Make sure your Cli.dll is accompanied by:

Cli.runtimeconfig.json
Cli.deps.json

2.Use FrameworkReference Instead of PackageReference

If you're using a non-SDK-style project or manually referencing DLLs, switch to using FrameWorkReference.

3.Manually Set Runtime Path

If you're running the app manually, set the runtime path explicitly

4.Avoid --no-install-recommends

When installing the SDK, avoid stripping recommended packages

Surya Amrutha Vaishnavi Lanka (INFOSYS LIMITED) 810 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-09-23T08:57:24.3766667+00:00

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2025-09-26T05:57:47.44+00:00

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2025-09-30T05:32:19.33+00:00

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Unhandled exception. System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Console, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'. The system cannot find the file specified.

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