How to fix: No executable found matching command "dotnet-dslc"?

Question

I am conducting a literature survey for my thesis and was trying PROSE SDK by Microsoft. However, whenever I try to build the dependencies of the project from their sample [repo] (https://github.com/microsoft/prose), I get this error:

Target CompileGrammar:
    dotnet dslc  "@/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/obj/ProseSample.Substrings.rsp" 
    dotnet dslc  "@/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/obj/ProseSample.Substrings.rsp"
    No executable found matching command "dotnet-dslc"

I followed installation instructions from here

Here's the information regarding dotnet configuration:

macOS: High Sierra Version 10.13.6 Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.0.9 dotnet --info

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   2.2.106
 Commit:    aa79b139a8

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Mac OS X
 OS Version:  10.13
 OS Platform: Darwin
 RID:         osx.10.13-x64
 Base Path:   /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/2.2.106/

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 2.2.4
  Commit:  f95848e524

.NET Core SDKs installed:
  2.2.105 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  2.2.106 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

And here is .csproj file:

ProseSample.Substrings.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics\ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics.csproj" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ProgramSynthesis.Common" Version="6.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ProgramSynthesis.DslcTargets" Version="6.20.0" />
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.ProgramSynthesis.Dslc" Version="6.20.0" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

Build Output:

Building ProseSample (Debug)
Build started 6/1/2019 5:53:06 PM.
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Project "/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics.csproj" (Build target(s)):

Target GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute:
  Skipping target "GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute" because all output files are up-to-date with respect to the input files.
Target CoreGenerateAssemblyInfo:
  Skipping target "CoreGenerateAssemblyInfo" because all output files are up-to-date with respect to the input files.
Target CoreCompile:
  Skipping target "CoreCompile" because all output files are up-to-date with respect to the input files.
Target _CopyFilesMarkedCopyLocal:
    Touching "/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics/obj/Debug/net45/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics.csproj.CopyComplete".
Target CopyFilesToOutputDirectory:
    ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics -> /Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics/bin/Debug/net45/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics.dll
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Project "/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/ProseSample.Substrings.csproj" (Build target(s)):

Target _GetProjectReferenceTargetFrameworkProperties:
    __________________________________________________
    Project "/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/ProseSample.Substrings.csproj" is building "/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics.csproj" (GetTargetFrameworks target(s)):

Target ResolveProjectReferences:
    __________________________________________________
    Project "/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/ProseSample.Substrings.csproj" is building "/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics.csproj" (GetTargetPath target(s)):

    __________________________________________________
    Project "/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/ProseSample.Substrings.csproj" is building "/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics/ProseSample.Substrings.Semantics.csproj" (GetNativeManifest target(s)):

Target GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute:
  Skipping target "GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute" because all output files are up-to-date with respect to the input files.
Target CompileGrammar:
    dotnet dslc  "@/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/obj/ProseSample.Substrings.rsp" 
    dotnet dslc  "@/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/obj/ProseSample.Substrings.rsp"
    No executable found matching command "dotnet-dslc"
    /Users/username/.nuget/packages/microsoft.programsynthesis.dslctargets/6.20.0/build/Microsoft.ProgramSynthesis.DslcTargets.targets(82,9): error MSB3073: The command "dotnet dslc  "@/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/obj/ProseSample.Substrings.rsp"" exited with code 1.
Done building target "CompileGrammar" in project "ProseSample.Substrings.csproj" -- FAILED.

Done building project "ProseSample.Substrings.csproj" -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

/Users/username/.nuget/packages/microsoft.programsynthesis.dslctargets/6.20.0/build/Microsoft.ProgramSynthesis.DslcTargets.targets(82,9): error MSB3073: The command "dotnet dslc  "@/Users/username/test/prose/ProgramSynthesis/ProseSample.Substrings/obj/ProseSample.Substrings.rsp"" exited with code 1.
    0 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:01.21

========== Build: 1 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Build: 1 error, 0 warnings

Thank you in advance!

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '20 at 21:47

With the latest PROSE v7.11.1 and the steps below, the build seems to pass on macOS now.

The build failure is trigeered by dotnet dslc tool failing to run on your environment.

First, this tool seems to be a part of the NuGet package that needs to be installed

$ cd ProseSample
$ dotnet add package Microsoft.ProgramSynthesis.Dslc --version 7.11.1

Next, it seems that the cross-platform way to run this tool responsible for mandatory step of DSL code generation is different - dotnet run dslc.

$ dotnet run dslc
$ dotnet build

Build succeeded.
    0 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

I presume that in order for build to work in IDE, one also have to edit ~.nuget/packages/microsoft.programsynthesis.dslctargets/7.11.1/build/Microsoft.ProgramSynthesis.DslcTargets.targets and replace all 2 occurrence of dotnet dslc with the dotnet run dslc.

Hope this helps!

How to fix: No executable found matching command "dotnet-dslc"?

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