GitVersion.Tool does not find LibGit2 library on Ubuntu 19.04

[rose-a]

I installed GitVersion.Tool 5.0.0-beta5.11 on a freshly setup Ubuntu 19.04 machine with dotnet-sdk-2.2 using the dotnet cli.

When trying to execute it with dotnet gitversion from within a clone of the GitVersion repo, I get the following error message:

INFO [07/15/19 2:39:01:23] Working directory: /home/***/Repositories/GitVersion
INFO [07/15/19 2:39:01:23] IsDynamicGitRepository: False
ERROR [07/15/19 2:39:01:26] An unexpected error occurred:
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'git2-572e4d8' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable: libgit2-572e4d8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
   at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods.git_libgit2_init()
   at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods.InitializeNativeLibrary()
   at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods..cctor()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods.git_buf_dispose(GitBuf buf)
   at LibGit2Sharp.Core.Proxy.ConvertPath(Func`2 pathRetriever)
   at LibGit2Sharp.Repository.Discover(String startingPath)
   at GitVersion.GitPreparer.GetDotGitDirectory() in D:\a\1\s\src\GitVersionCore\GitPreparer.cs:line 158
   at GitVersion.GitPreparer.GetProjectRootDirectory() in D:\a\1\s\src\GitVersionCore\GitPreparer.cs:line 172
   at GitVersion.ConfigFileLocator.Verify(GitPreparer gitPreparer, IFileSystem fileSystem) in D:\a\1\s\src\GitVersionCore\Configuration\ConfigFileLocator.cs:line 57
   at GitVersion.Program.VerifyArgumentsAndRun() in D:\a\1\s\src\GitVersionExe\Program.cs:line 97
INFO [07/15/19 2:39:01:26] 
INFO [07/15/19 2:39:01:26] Attempting to show the current git graph (please include in issue): 
INFO [07/15/19 2:39:01:26] Showing max of 100 commits

On a Ubuntu 18.04 server the tool works fine...

[arturcic]

GitVersion has a dependency on Libgit2Sharp. As of now, there is no version of Libgit2Sharp that works on ubuntu 19.04. If you need it please create an issue on their repo. For now the supported version is 18.04

[rose-a]

Got it working by compiling and installing LibGit2Sharp.NativeBinaries on the ubuntu 19.04 machine...

[arturcic]

If you could send a PR to the LibGit2Sharp.NativeBinaries repo we will have that included in the future

[arturcic]

Closing for now as you found a workaround