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ios build error on macos "UnityLinker.exe did not run properly!"

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by lefermier, Aug 2, 2017.

  1. lefermier

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    Hello,

    Since Unity 2017 release and beta, i cannot build to ios.

    I got this exceptions :

    Failed running /Applications/Unity/Unity.app/Contents/il2cpp/build/UnityLinker.exe --api=NET_2_0_Subset -out="/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Managed/tempStrip" -l=none -c=link --link-symbols -x="/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Core.xml" -f="/Applications/Unity/Unity.app/Contents/il2cpp/LinkerDescriptors" -x "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Managed/../platform_native_link.xml" -x "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/methods_pointedto_by_uievents.xml" -x "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/UnityEngine.xml" -x "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/preserved_derived_types.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/AI.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/AR.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Accessibility.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Animation.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Audio.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Cloth.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Core.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/CrashReporting.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Director.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/GameCenter.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Grid.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/IMGUI.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/ImageConversion.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Input.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/JSONSerialize.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/ParticleSystem.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/ParticlesLegacy.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/PerformanceReporting.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Physics.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Physics2D.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/ScreenCapture.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/SpriteMask.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/StyleSheets.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Terrain.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/TerrainPhysics.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/TextRendering.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Tilemap.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/UI.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/UIElements.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/UNET.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/UnityAnalytics.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/UnityConnect.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/UnityWebRequest.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/UnityWebRequestAudio.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/UnityWebRequestTexture.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/UnityWebRequestWWW.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/VR.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Vehicles.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Video.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Web.xml" -x "/Applications/Unity/PlaybackEngines/iOSSupport/Whitelists/Wind.xml" -x "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Assets/Quattro/-RenderTests/link.xml" -d "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Managed" -a "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Managed/Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll" -a "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Managed/Assembly-CSharp.dll" -a "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Managed/Assembly-UnityScript-firstpass.dll" -a "/Users/xxxx/Documents/unityClient/2_QuattroClient/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Managed/UnityEngine.UI.dll"

    stdout:
    Fatal error in Unity CIL Linker
    Mono.Cecil.ResolutionException: Failed to resolve System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection
    at UnityLinker.AddUnresolvedStubsStep.Process () [0x000b2] in <45d6c350b6254bd09f03f35ad7e3bea6>:0
    at Mono.Linker.Steps.BaseStep.Process (Mono.Linker.LinkContext context) [0x00018] in <09bca01fd71241c7a07af8c71eb6ae1a>:0
    at Mono.Linker.Pipeline.Process (Mono.Linker.LinkContext context) [0x00020] in <09bca01fd71241c7a07af8c71eb6ae1a>:0
    at UnityLinker.UnityDriver.Run () [0x00086] in <45d6c350b6254bd09f03f35ad7e3bea6>:0
    at UnityLinker.UnityDriver.RunDriverWithoutErrorHandling () [0x00001] in <45d6c350b6254bd09f03f35ad7e3bea6>:0
    at UnityLinker.UnityDriver.RunDriver () [0x00002] in <45d6c350b6254bd09f03f35ad7e3bea6>:0
    stderr:

    UnityEngine.Debug:LogError(Object)
    UnityEditorInternal.Runner:RunProgram(Program, String, String, String, CompilerOutputParserBase) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/BuildUtils.cs:128)
    UnityEditorInternal.Runner:RunManagedProgram(String, String, String, CompilerOutputParserBase, Action`1) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/BuildUtils.cs:73)
    UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper:RunAssemblyLinker(IEnumerable`1, String&, String&, String, String) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:89)
    UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper:StripAssembliesTo(String[], String[], String, String, String&, String&, String, IIl2CppPlatformProvider, IEnumerable`1) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:82)
    UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper:RunAssemblyStripper(String, IEnumerable, String, String[], String[], String, IIl2CppPlatformProvider, RuntimeClassRegistry) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:204)
    UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper:StripAssemblies(String, IIl2CppPlatformProvider, RuntimeClassRegistry) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:114)
    UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPBuilder:Run() (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:143)
    UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPUtils:RunIl2Cpp(String, String, IIl2CppPlatformProvider, Action`1, RuntimeClassRegistry, Boolean) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:34)
    UnityEngine.GUIUtility:processEvent(Int32, IntPtr)


    And then i got :

    Exception: /Applications/Unity/Unity.app/Contents/il2cpp/build/UnityLinker.exe did not run properly!
    UnityEditorInternal.Runner.RunProgram (UnityEditor.Utils.Program p, System.String exe, System.String args, System.String workingDirectory, UnityEditor.Scripting.Compilers.CompilerOutputParserBase parser) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/BuildUtils.cs:130)
    UnityEditorInternal.Runner.RunManagedProgram (System.String exe, System.String args, System.String workingDirectory, UnityEditor.Scripting.Compilers.CompilerOutputParserBase parser, System.Action`1 setupStartInfo) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/BuildUtils.cs:73)
    UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper.RunAssemblyLinker (IEnumerable`1 args, System.String& out, System.String& err, System.String linkerPath, System.String workingDirectory) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:89)
    UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper.StripAssembliesTo (System.String[] assemblies, System.String[] searchDirs, System.String outputFolder, System.String workingDirectory, System.String& output, System.String& error, System.String linkerPath, IIl2CppPlatformProvider platformProvider, IEnumerable`1 additionalBlacklist) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:82)
    UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper.RunAssemblyStripper (System.String stagingAreaData, IEnumerable assemblies, System.String managedAssemblyFolderPath, System.String[] assembliesToStrip, System.String[] searchDirs, System.String monoLinkerPath, IIl2CppPlatformProvider platformProvider, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry rcr) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:204)
    UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper.StripAssemblies (System.String stagingAreaData, IIl2CppPlatformProvider platformProvider, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry rcr) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:114)
    UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPBuilder.Run () (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:143)
    UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPUtils.RunIl2Cpp (System.String tempFolder, System.String stagingAreaData, IIl2CppPlatformProvider platformProvider, System.Action`1 modifyOutputBeforeCompile, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry runtimeClassRegistry, Boolean debugBuild) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:34)
    UnityEditor.iOS.PostProcessiPhonePlayer.CrossCompileManagedDlls (BuildSettings bs, UnityEditor.iOS.ProjectPaths paths, UnityEditor.AssemblyReferenceChecker checker, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.BuildReporting.BuildReport buildReport) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/iPhonePlayer/Extensions/Common/BuildPostProcessor.cs:730)
    UnityEditor.iOS.PostProcessiPhonePlayer.PostProcess (BuildSettings bs, UnityEditor.iOS.ProjectPaths paths, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.BuildReporting.BuildReport buildReport) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/iPhonePlayer/Extensions/Common/BuildPostProcessor.cs:593)
    UnityEditor.iOS.PostProcessiPhonePlayer.PostProcess (PostProcessorSettings postProcessorSettings, BuildPostProcessArgs args) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/iPhonePlayer/Extensions/Common/BuildPostProcessor.cs:552)
    UnityEditor.iOS.iOSBuildPostprocessor.PostProcess (BuildPostProcessArgs args) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/iPhonePlayer/Extensions/Common/ExtensionModule.cs:37)
    UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayer.Postprocess (BuildTargetGroup targetGroup, BuildTarget target, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, Int32 width, Int32 height, BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.BuildReporting.BuildReport report) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/PostprocessBuildPlayer.cs:271)
    UnityEngine.GUIUtility:processEvent(Int32, IntPtr)
     
    lefermier, Aug 2, 2017
    #1

  2. JoshPeterson

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    It looks like you project might have the Api Compatibility Level (in the Player Settings) set to a value of ".NET 2.0 Subset". However, one of the assemblies in the project is using the System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection type, which is not in the .NET 2.0 Subset profile.

    Try changing the Api Compatibility Level value to ".NET 2.0" instead. That might fix this issue.
     
    JoshPeterson, Aug 3, 2017
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  3. lefermier

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    Hey,

    Yup, and the xcode project need to be delete and recreate too.

    Thanks
     
    lefermier, Aug 3, 2017
    #3

  4. viktouille

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    Hi,

    It didn't worked for me..

    Do you have any ideas? What do you do with xcode?
     
    viktouille, Aug 21, 2017
    #4

  5. IvyKun

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    Installed patch 2017.2.0p2 and it's still happening!

    With 2017.2.0p1 I could just change the directory name but now is not fixing the issue :(

    Edit: After a few test disabling/enabling Unity IAP, update Unity IAP, change directory etc now is working on that project and others too... so no idea what was happening.
     
    Last edited: Nov 15, 2017
    IvyKun, Nov 15, 2017
    #5

  6. JoshPeterson

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    Does this happen to be a FAT32 file system, like a USB thumb drive? We had a bug on FAT32 only that looks similar to this.
     
    JoshPeterson, Nov 15, 2017
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  7. JoshPeterson

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    Are you seeing the same error as @viktouille reported? Or is this a different issue?
     
    JoshPeterson, Nov 15, 2017
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  8. IvyKun

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    It was the second error @lefermier reported. "Exception: /Applications/Unity/Unity.app/Contents/il2cpp/build/UnityLinker.exe did not run properly!"

    The first time I tried just changing the project folder as suggested here (https://answers.unity.com/questions/1394481/ios-build-error-after-update-to-201710f3.html), and then disabling/enabling and updating unity IAP as suggested here (https://forum.unity.com/threads/unity2017-2-build-error-unitylinker-exe-did-not-run-properly.485006/) and it worked.
     
    IvyKun, Nov 16, 2017
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  9. JoshPeterson

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    Hmm, maybe something is wrong with IAP and code stripping. Can you submit a bug report for this issue? It is something which should work properly.
     
    JoshPeterson, Nov 16, 2017
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  10. viktouille

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    I'm on Exfat, does it changes something?
     
    viktouille, Nov 22, 2017
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  11. JoshPeterson

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    I've not tried Exfat, but it sounds similar enough to FAT32 that it might be subject to the same bug. Let me know if you are still hitting this issue. If so, I'll track down the original bug report and determine when it will land in a patch release.
     
    JoshPeterson, Nov 29, 2017
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  12. viktouille

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    I'm still hitting this issue but I gived up trying to resolve it, so I recoded my project from a blank project, and the problem disappeared.
    This is the only solution I found and this is what Unity support advised me.
     
    viktouille, Dec 5, 2017
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  13. NoZain

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    There might still have a file called linker.xml at your Asset folder. When I removed this file, it solved all the issues.
     
    NoZain, Jan 7, 2018
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  14. matt_ciq

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    Can confirm, I was having this issue and it turned out to be a link.xml in Assets that was related to Vuforia...I had been working with Vuforia but then deleted the folder and plugins but missed the link.xml file.
     
    matt_ciq, Jan 23, 2018
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  15. unity_hMpo8Vscxzgpfg

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    had the same problem while building to iOS.
    prior to this i was migrating project from older version of vuforia to newer one (to 2017.2), and seems some excess files left in the Assets folder as well as "link.xml". Removing "link.xml" file from project solved this issue for me. also i had set Compatibility level from .NET Subset 2.0 to .NET 2.0. no any service in my project was enabled (nor IAP). thanks for help
     
    unity_hMpo8Vscxzgpfg, Feb 13, 2018
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  16. Russel

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    deleting Library folder from your project folder helps :)
     
    Russel, Mar 16, 2018
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  17. rponnie_unity

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    great ! Had the same error and deleting the linker.xml solved it, thanks !!
     
    rponnie_unity, Apr 10, 2018
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  18. zippro

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    I have found a solution. Just reimport Unity IAP
     
    zippro, Jun 29, 2018
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  19. 1028795420

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    Windows>Services>Unity IAP>Reimport
     
    1028795420, Jul 19, 2018
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  20. NortalNeis

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    Delete all *.js scripts from your project folder. IL2CPP cant compile JavaScript to C++
     
    NortalNeis, Dec 26, 2018
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  21. JoshPeterson

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    It is possible to IL2CPP to compile UnityScript .js files to C++. The UnityScript compiler first compiles them to IL bytecode, then IL2CPP will convert them to C++.
     
    JoshPeterson, Dec 26, 2018
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  22. danielgamar

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    I want to build from a FAT32 FS and I get this error in unity 2019.1.6f1. Found the bug report and it said it's fixed but it doesn't work...
     
    danielgamar, Jun 26, 2019
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  23. JoshPeterson

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    It may be worth submitted a new bug report. Maybe the cause of the problem is different.
     
    JoshPeterson, Jun 26, 2019
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  24. Emirk

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    I couldn't build either when running the project from a Samsung X5 external SSD. Copied it over to my internal disk, worked perfectly. Sitting on MacOS and Unity 2018.3.14.
     
    Emirk, Sep 24, 2019
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