Unable to load shared library 'db2app64.dll'

Question

Currently working with IBM DB2, Openshift and Linux using the IBM DB .NET Core Provider.

When running the application it errors with

System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'db2app64.dll' or one of its dependencies.

In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable:

libdb2app64.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at IBM.Data.DB2.Core.UnsafeNativeMethods.DB232.SQLFreeConnAttribsADONET(DB2SQLGetConnAttribsADONETParams& pParam)

Answer 1

The solution was to reference the IBM.EntityFrameworkCore-lnx for Linux builds.

.net was attempting to load the windows library db2app64.dll hence the reason why it was throwing the error. Unable to load shared library 'db2app64.dll'