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Could not load file or assembly 'PdfSharpCore, Version=1.3.40.0

I am using PdfSharpCore version 1.3.40 in a MVC ASP.Net netcoreapp2.1 and it works perfectly on my windows localhost, but when I publish it on a server Linux running Apache the follow exception occurs:
Could not load file or assembly 'PdfSharpCore, Version=1.3.40.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyTo ken=null'. The system cannot find the file specified.
I already checked that the PdfSharpCore dll is there, but the system couldn't find it.
Does anyone know what's going on?

We managed to solve the problem, we were forgetting to replace the .deps.json file that contains the dependencies with the new PdfSharpCore.dll dll included in the project. Solved!

dotnet core fusion assembly logs on linux

Using Windows it is possible to enable Fusion assembly logs via registry (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/iis-support-blog/fusion-log-viewer-fuslogvw-exe/ba-p/784396) to be saved on local hard drive.
My .NET Core 3.1 application is working properly on Windows. On Docker container based on Linux I'm getting randomly "Could not load file or assembly" for some assemblies, which actually are available in proper place in build directory and for some runs they work properly.
Sample assembly error:
Could not load file or assembly 'Renci.SshNet, Version=2016.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1cee9f8bde3db106'. The system cannot find the file specified.
I would like to enable debug logging related to assemblies to find a root cause of described issue.
Can I enable anyhow fusion logs on Linux?

Installed SpecFlow.Allure but on server it doesn't work

I have a problem with SpecFlow Allure in local it works but on the server not. I have windows 2008 server and I using .tpl files for gradle. When I added to my tpl
the same settings as on app.config
`
<plugins>
<add name="Allure" type="Runtime"/></plugins><stepAssemblies>
<stepAssembly assembly="Allure.SpecFlowPlugin"/>
</stepAssemblies>`
but my server showed this error:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException : Could not load file or assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Ofc, if I removed from .tpl file information about Allure it works but my report is not created. Do you know any idea how to use it?
Cheers,

it's not about Allure, it's about .net standard 2.0 support. Please be sure your Jenkins agent is able to build .net std 2.0 projects.

Crystal Report to PDF in .NET

I put together a POC console app. to generate a PDF from a Crystal Report (using CrystalDecisions libraries)
It all works fine on my dev. box, but encounters an exception when executed elsewhere:
Could not load file or assembly
'CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.CommLay er, Version=13.0.2000.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or on e of its
dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: The type
initializer for
'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument' threw an
exception. --
-> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDeci
sions.ReportAppServer.CommLayer, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKey
Token=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the f
ile specified.
at CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument..cctor()
I believe this is caused by the absence of the Crystal Reports runtime (which is not explicitly installed).
1) Can anyone please confirm this?
2) Is there any way to get this working without installing Crystal Reports runtime on the target machine(s)?
I've read about building an installer with merge modules etc. but this is a console app and I don't want to go down that route.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
I checked out the DLL dependencies and this actually appears to be missing libraries API-MS-WIN-CORE-*

You will need to distribute the runtime for Crystal Reports to work.
Another option is to write second app to generate the pdf files which you could install on a server, then each of your console apps send a request to the new server app which sends back the pdf. This would mean the crystal runtime would only be installed on one machine, and the original console app wouldn't need to worry about it.
Just for information, the crystal runtime can be downloaded from here: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7824

Assembly.LoadFrom() permissioning in .NET 4.0

I am having trouble with security while migrating an application from .NET 3.5 to 4.0.
I have an application that starts successfully from a network share I've mapped to z: - Z:\MyApp\App.exe.
This application makes use of add-ins, and is sometimes asked to load assemblies from a seperate location on the Intranet - y:\MyLib\Lib.dll
In .NET 4.0, I get a System.Security.Security exception then this happens:
System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'XXXX' or one of its dependencies. An error relating to security occurred. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8013150A) ---> System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.
However, if I launch my application locally from C:\MyApp\App.exe, it is able to successfully load with Assembly.LoadFrom() the addin at y:\MyLib\Lib.dll.
What do I need to do to 'bless' the y:\MyLib location so that apps running from network shares are allowed to execute code from there?
Thanks,
Dave

I had a similar problem, I was able to solve it as is described in my question
Structuremap does not load registries when started from Network drive.
I hope this solves your problem also.