il2cppcore.dll did not run properly! "empty project"

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1

Hi guys,
i have difficult to build android “app bundle” or “apk” with 64bit, i try to build in 2018.3 and 2019.2 versions of unity and i get this 2 errors :

Failed running /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2018.3.9f1/Unity.app/Contents/il2cpp/build/il2cppcore/il2cppcore.dll --convert-to-cpp --emit-null-checks --enable-array-bounds-check --dotnetprofile="unityaot" --compile-cpp --libil2cpp-static --platform="Android" --architecture="ARMv7" --configuration="Release" --outputpath="/Users/mac/Desktop/HubUnityProject/Projects/MeleeCombatV2(unity+Admob)/Temp/StagingArea/assets/bin/Data/Native/armeabi-v7a/libil2cpp.so" --cachedirectory="/Users/mac/Desktop/HubUnityProject/Projects/MeleeCombatV2(unity+Admob)/Assets/../Library/il2cpp_android_armeabi-v7a/il2cpp_cache" --additional-include-directories="/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2018.3.9f1/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayer/Tools/bdwgc/include" --additional-include-directories="/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2018.3.9f1/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayer/Tools/libil2cpp/include" --tool-chain-path="/Users/mac/NDK16B/android-ndk-r16b" --map-file-parser="/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2018.3.9f1/Unity.app/Contents/Tools/MapFileParser/MapFileParser" --directory="/Users/mac/Desktop/HubUnityProject/Projects/MeleeCombatV2(unity+Admob)/Temp/StagingArea/assets/bin/Data/Managed" --generatedcppdir="/Users/mac/Desktop/HubUnityProject/Projects/MeleeCombatV2(unity+Admob)/Temp/StagingArea/Il2Cpp/il2cppOutput" 

stdout:
Building libil2cpp.so with AndroidToolChain
	Output directory: /Users/mac/Desktop/HubUnityProject/Projects/MeleeCombatV2(unity+Admob)/Temp/StagingArea/assets/bin/Data/Native/armeabi-v7a
	Cache directory: /Users/mac/Desktop/HubUnityProject/Projects/MeleeCombatV2(unity+Admob)/Library/il2cpp_android_armeabi-v7a/il2cpp_cache
ObjectFiles: 563 of which compiled: 563
	Time Compile: 10723 milliseconds Il2CppAttributes.cpp
	Time Compile: 6817 milliseconds Il2CppInvokerTable.cpp
	Time Compile: 6656 milliseconds Bulk_Generics_8.cpp
	Time Compile: 6060 milliseconds Bulk_Generics_4.cpp
	Time Compile: 5944 milliseconds Bulk_mscorlib_10.cpp
	Time Compile: 5758 milliseconds Bulk_Generics_2.cpp
	Time Compile: 5739 milliseconds Bulk_mscorlib_3.cpp
	Time Compile: 5652 milliseconds Bulk_Generics_7.cpp
	Time Compile: 5637 milliseconds Bulk_System_1.cpp
	Time Compile: 5555 milliseconds Bulk_Generics_1.cpp
Total compilation time: 53393 milliseconds.
il2cpp.exe didn't catch exception: Unity.IL2CPP.Building.BuilderFailedException: /Users/mac/NDK16B/android-ndk-r16b/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/clang++ @"/var/folders/3v/_6yksh995q17hvvhk6zvfgw00000gn/T/tmp64g9R4.tmp" -o "/Users/mac/Desktop/HubUnityProject/Projects/MeleeCombatV2(unity+Admob)/Library/il2cpp_android_armeabi-v7a/il2cpp_cache/linkresult_179349D9B7D73B0853B74A232F40D413/libil2cpp.so" -shared -Wl,-soname,libil2cpp.so -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--build-id --sysroot "/Users/mac/NDK16B/android-ndk-r16b/platforms/android-16/arch-arm" -gcc-toolchain "/Users/mac/NDK16B/android-ndk-r16b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64" -target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -Wl,--wrap,sigaction -L "/Users/mac/NDK16B/android-ndk-r16b/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a" -lgnustl_static -llog -rdynamic -fuse-ld=gold

clang++: error: invalid linker name in argument '-fuse-ld=gold'


   at Unity.IL2CPP.Building.CppProgramBuilder.PostprocessObjectFiles(HashSet`1 objectFiles, CppToolChainContext toolChainContext)
   at Unity.IL2CPP.Building.CppProgramBuilder.Build(IBuildStatistics& statistics)
   at il2cpp.Program.DoRun(String[] args)
   at il2cpp.Program.Run(String[] args)
   at il2cpp.Program.Main(String[] args)
stderr:

Unhandled Exception: Unity.IL2CPP.Building.BuilderFailedException: /Users/mac/NDK16B/android-ndk-r16b/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/clang++ @"/var/folders/3v/_6yksh995q17hvvhk6zvfgw00000gn/T/tmp64g9R4.tmp" -o "/Users/mac/Desktop/HubUnityProject/Projects/MeleeCombatV2(unity+Admob)/Library/il2cpp_android_armeabi-v7a/il2cpp_cache/linkresult_179349D9B7D73B0853B74A232F40D413/libil2cpp.so" -shared -Wl,-soname,libil2cpp.so -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--build-id --sysroot "/Users/mac/NDK16B/android-ndk-r16b/platforms/android-16/arch-arm" -gcc-toolchain "/Users/mac/NDK16B/android-ndk-r16b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64" -target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -Wl,--wrap,sigaction -L "/Users/mac/NDK16B/android-ndk-r16b/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a" -lgnustl_static -llog -rdynamic -fuse-ld=gold

clang++: error: invalid linker name in argument '-fuse-ld=gold'


   at Unity.IL2CPP.Building.CppProgramBuilder.PostprocessObjectFiles(HashSet`1 objectFiles, CppToolChainContext toolChainContext)
   at Unity.IL2CPP.Building.CppProgramBuilder.Build(IBuildStatistics& statistics)
   at il2cpp.Program.DoRun(String[] args)
   at il2cpp.Program.Run(String[] args)
   at il2cpp.Program.Main(String[] args)
   at Program.Main(String[] args)

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:RunNetCoreProgram(String, String, String, CompilerOutputParserBase, Action`1) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/BuildUtils.cs:79)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPBuilder:RunIl2CppWithArguments(List`1, Action`1, String) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:366)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPBuilder:ConvertPlayerDlltoCpp(String, String, String, Boolean) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:349)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPBuilder:Run() (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:211)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPUtils:RunIl2Cpp(String, String, IIl2CppPlatformProvider, Action`1, RuntimeClassRegistry) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:35)
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)


Exception: /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2018.3.9f1/Unity.app/Contents/il2cpp/build/il2cppcore/il2cppcore.dll 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.RunNetCoreProgram (System.String exe, System.String args, System.String workingDirectory, UnityEditor.Scripting.Compilers.CompilerOutputParserBase parser, System.Action`1[T] setupStartInfo) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/BuildUtils.cs:79)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPBuilder.RunIl2CppWithArguments (System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T] arguments, System.Action`1[T] setupStartInfo, System.String workingDirectory) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:366)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPBuilder.ConvertPlayerDlltoCpp (System.String inputDirectory, System.String outputDirectory, System.String workingDirectory, System.Boolean platformSupportsManagedDebugging) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:349)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPBuilder.Run () (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:211)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPUtils.RunIl2Cpp (System.String tempFolder, System.String stagingAreaData, UnityEditorInternal.IIl2CppPlatformProvider platformProvider, System.Action`1[T] modifyOutputBeforeCompile, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry runtimeClassRegistry) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:35)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.RunIl2Cpp.Execute (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <df7ba4d130594d168eec372b930522d4>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <df7ba4d130594d168eec372b930522d4>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessAndroidPlayer.PostProcess (UnityEditor.BuildTarget target, System.String stagingAreaData, System.String stagingArea, System.String playerPackage, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, UnityEditor.BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport report) (at <df7ba4d130594d168eec372b930522d4>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.AndroidBuildPostprocessor.PostProcess (UnityEditor.Modules.BuildPostProcessArgs args, UnityEditor.BuildProperties& outProperties) (at <df7ba4d130594d168eec372b930522d4>:0)
UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayer.Postprocess (UnityEditor.BuildTargetGroup targetGroup, UnityEditor.BuildTarget target, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, System.Int32 width, System.Int32 height, UnityEditor.BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport report) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/PostprocessBuildPlayer.cs:286)
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)
2

It looks like the Android NDK may not be installed properly. Please see this part of the Unity manual to determine how to install the Android NDK for each version of Unity: Unity - Manual: Android environment setup

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Hi All,

I’m experiencing a similar issue with my game. I’m actually trying to build for macOS standalone. I’m using macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 and Unity 2019.4.17f1:

Shader error in 'MetalAmplify': Duplicate system value semantic definition: input semantic 'SV_POSITION' and input semantic 'VPOS' at line 107 (on metal)
Compiling Fragment program with UNITY_PASS_SHADOWCASTER SHADOWS_CUBE UNITY_PASS_SHADOWCASTER
Platform defines: UNITY_ENABLE_REFLECTION_BUFFERS UNITY_USE_DITHER_MASK_FOR_ALPHABLENDED_SHADOWS UNITY_PBS_USE_BRDF1 UNITY_SPECCUBE_BOX_PROJECTION UNITY_SPECCUBE_BLENDING UNITY_ENABLE_DETAIL_NORMALMAP SHADER_API_DESKTOP UNITY_LIGHT_PROBE_PROXY_VOLUME UNITY_LIGHTMAP_RGBM_ENCODING

Exception: /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2019.4.17f1/Unity.app/Contents/il2cpp/build/deploy/il2cppcore/il2cppcore.dll did not run properly!
Failed running "/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2019.4.17f1/Unity.app/Contents/il2cpp/build/deploy/il2cppcore/il2cppcore.dll" --convert-to-cpp --emit-null-checks --enable-array-bounds-check --dotnetprofile="unityaot" --compile-cpp --libil2cpp-static --platform="MacOSX" --architecture="x64" --configuration="Release" --outputpath="/Users/k76/Code/ff-f/MyCoolGame/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Native/GameAssembly.dylib" --cachedirectory="/Users/k76/Code/ff-f/MyCoolGame/Assets/../Library/il2cpp_cache" --profiler-report --map-file-parser="/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2019.4.17f1/Unity.app/Contents/Tools/MapFileParser/MapFileParser" --additional-cpp="/Users/k76/Code/ff-f/MyCoolGame/Assets/../Temp/fmod_register_static_plugins.cpp" --additional-cpp="/Users/k76/Code/ff-f/MyCoolGame/Assets/Plugins/FMOD/src/Runtime/fmod_static_plugin_support.h" --directory="/Users/k76/Code/ff-f/MyCoolGame/Temp/StagingArea/Data/Managed" --generatedcppdir="/Users/k76/Code/ff-f/MyCoolGame/Temp/StagingArea/Data/il2cppOutput"
stdout:
stderr:
Rethrow as BuildFailedException: Exception of type 'UnityEditor.Build.BuildFailedException' was thrown.

UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow+BuildMethodException: 3 errors
at UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow+DefaultBuildMethods.BuildPlayer (UnityEditor.BuildPlayerOptions options) [0x002af] in /Users/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPlayerWindowBuildMethods.cs:194
at UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow.CallBuildMethods (System.Boolean askForBuildLocation, UnityEditor.BuildOptions defaultBuildOptions) [0x00080] in /Users/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPlayerWindowBuildMethods.cs:95

Thanks in advance for the help!