The .NET Core SDK cannot be located

Question

In vscode on my macbook running macos big sur i'm not able to use c# with the dotnet core in vs code, i keep getting this error(link to a picture down below). I tried countless things including appending the path that goes to the core to the bash_profile and uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing worked, please let me know if you have any solution, down below is a picture of the error and the full OmniSharp log

 Starting OmniSharp server at 5/16/2021, 10:06:20 PM Target: /Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS OmniSharp server started. Path: /Users/haardikgupta/.vscode/extensions/ms-dotnettools.csharp-1.23.11/.omnisharp/1.37.8/run PID: 61900 [info]: OmniSharp.Stdio.Host Starting OmniSharp on MacOS 11.2.3 (x64) [info]: OmniSharp.Services.DotNetCliService DotNetPath set to dotnet [info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.Discovery.MSBuildLocator Located 1 MSBuild instance(s) 1: StandAlone 16.9.0 - "/Users/haardikgupta/.vscode/extensions/ms-dotnettools.csharp-1.23.11/.omnisharp/1.37.8/omnisharp/.msbuild/Current/Bin" [info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.Discovery.MSBuildLocator MSBUILD_EXE_PATH environment variable set to '/Users/haardikgupta/.vscode/extensions/ms-dotnettools.csharp-1.23.11/.omnisharp/1.37.8/omnisharp/.msbuild/Current/Bin/MSBuild.exe' [info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.Discovery.MSBuildLocator Registered MSBuild instance: StandAlone 16.9.0 - "/Users/haardikgupta/.vscode/extensions/ms-dotnettools.csharp-1.23.11/.omnisharp/1.37.8/omnisharp/.msbuild/Current/Bin" CscToolExe = csc.exe MSBuildToolsPath = /Users/haardikgupta/.vscode/extensions/ms-dotnettools.csharp-1.23.11/.omnisharp/1.37.8/omnisharp/.msbuild/Current/Bin CscToolPath = /Users/haardikgupta/.vscode/extensions/ms-dotnettools.csharp-1.23.11/.omnisharp/1.37.8/omnisharp/.msbuild/Current/Bin/Roslyn BypassFrameworkInstallChecks = true MSBuildExtensionsPath = /Users/haardikgupta/.vscode/extensions/ms-dotnettools.csharp-1.23.11/.omnisharp/1.37.8/omnisharp/.msbuild [info]: OmniSharp.WorkspaceInitializer Invoking Workspace Options Provider: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.CSharpFormattingWorkspaceOptionsProvider, Order: 0 [info]: OmniSharp.WorkspaceInitializer Invoking Workspace Options Provider: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.Completion.CompletionOptionsProvider, Order: 0 [info]: OmniSharp.WorkspaceInitializer Invoking Workspace Options Provider: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.RenameWorkspaceOptionsProvider, Order: 100 [info]: OmniSharp.WorkspaceInitializer Invoking Workspace Options Provider: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.ImplementTypeWorkspaceOptionsProvider, Order: 110 [info]: OmniSharp.WorkspaceInitializer Invoking Workspace Options Provider: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.BlockStructureWorkspaceOptionsProvider, Order: 140 [info]: OmniSharp.Cake.CakeProjectSystem Detecting Cake files in '/Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS'. [info]: OmniSharp.Cake.CakeProjectSystem Could not find any Cake files [info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectSystem No solution files found in '/Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS' [info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectManager Queue project update for '/Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS/CS.csproj' [info]: OmniSharp.Script.ScriptProjectSystem Detecting CSX files in '/Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS'. [info]: OmniSharp.Script.ScriptProjectSystem Could not find any CSX files [info]: OmniSharp.WorkspaceInitializer Configuration finished. [info]: OmniSharp.Stdio.Host Omnisharp server running using Stdio at location '/Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS' on host 61839. [info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectManager Loading project: /Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS/CS.csproj It was not possible to find any installed .NET SDKs. Install a .NET SDK from: https://aka.ms/dotnet-download It was not possible to find any installed .NET SDKs. Install a .NET SDK from: https://aka.ms/dotnet-download [warn]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectManager Failed to load project file '/Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS/CS.csproj'. /Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS/CS.csproj(0,0) Microsoft.Build.Exceptions.InvalidProjectFileException: The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk' specified could not be found. /Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS/CS.csproj at Microsoft.Build.Shared.ProjectErrorUtilities.ThrowInvalidProject (System.String errorSubCategoryResourceName, Microsoft.Build.Shared.IElementLocation elementLocation, System.String resourceName, System.Object[] args) [0x00040] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Shared.ProjectErrorUtilities.VerifyThrowInvalidProject[T1] (System.Boolean condition, System.String errorSubCategoryResourceName, Microsoft.Build.Shared.IElementLocation elementLocation, System.String resourceName, T1 arg0) [0x00003] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Shared.ProjectErrorUtilities.ThrowInvalidProject[T1] (Microsoft.Build.Shared.IElementLocation elementLocation, System.String resourceName, T1 arg0) [0x00000] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator`4[P,I,M,D].ExpandAndLoadImportsFromUnescapedImportExpressionConditioned (System.String directoryOfImportingFile, Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectImportElement importElement, System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectRootElement]& projects, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.SdkResolution.SdkResult& sdkResult, System.Boolean throwOnFileNotExistsError) [0x00309] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator`4[P,I,M,D].ExpandAndLoadImports (System.String directoryOfImportingFile, Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectImportElement importElement, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.SdkResolution.SdkResult& sdkResult) [0x00027] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator`4[P,I,M,D].EvaluateImportElement (System.String directoryOfImportingFile, Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectImportElement importElement) [0x0000d] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator`4[P,I,M,D].PerformDepthFirstPass (Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectRootElement currentProjectOrImport) [0x000e6] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator`4[P,I,M,D].Evaluate () [0x00139] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator`4[P,I,M,D].Evaluate (Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.IEvaluatorData`4[P,I,M,D] data, Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectRootElement root, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectLoadSettings loadSettings, System.Int32 maxNodeCount, Microsoft.Build.Collections.PropertyDictionary`1[T] environmentProperties, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.Logging.ILoggingService loggingService, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.IItemFactory`2[S,T] itemFactory, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.IToolsetProvider toolsetProvider, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectRootElementCacheBase projectRootElementCache, Microsoft.Build.Framework.BuildEventContext buildEventContext, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.SdkResolution.ISdkResolverService sdkResolverService, System.Int32 submissionId, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Context.EvaluationContext evaluationContext, System.Boolean interactive) [0x00047] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project+ProjectImpl.Reevaluate (Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.Logging.ILoggingService loggingServiceForEvaluation, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectLoadSettings loadSettings, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Context.EvaluationContext evaluationContext) [0x00063] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project+ProjectImpl.ReevaluateIfNecessary (Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.Logging.ILoggingService loggingServiceForEvaluation, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectLoadSettings loadSettings, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Context.EvaluationContext evaluationContext) [0x00035] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project+ProjectImpl.ReevaluateIfNecessary (Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.Logging.ILoggingService loggingServiceForEvaluation, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Context.EvaluationContext evaluationContext) [0x00000] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project+ProjectImpl.ReevaluateIfNecessary (Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Context.EvaluationContext evaluationContext) [0x00007] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project+ProjectImpl.Initialize (System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2[TKey,TValue] globalProperties, System.String toolsVersion, System.String subToolsetVersion, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectLoadSettings loadSettings, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Context.EvaluationContext evaluationContext) [0x00127] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project..ctor (System.String projectFile, System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2[TKey,TValue] globalProperties, System.String toolsVersion, System.String subToolsetVersion, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection projectCollection, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectLoadSettings loadSettings, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Context.EvaluationContext evaluationContext) [0x00073] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project..ctor (System.String projectFile, System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2[TKey,TValue] globalProperties, System.String toolsVersion, System.String subToolsetVersion, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection projectCollection, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectLoadSettings loadSettings) [0x00000] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project..ctor (System.String projectFile, System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2[TKey,TValue] globalProperties, System.String toolsVersion, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection projectCollection, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectLoadSettings loadSettings) [0x00000] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project..ctor (System.String projectFile, System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2[TKey,TValue] globalProperties, System.String toolsVersion, Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection projectCollection) [0x00000] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection.LoadProject (System.String fileName, System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2[TKey,TValue] globalProperties, System.String toolsVersion) [0x000f7] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection.LoadProject (System.String fileName, System.String toolsVersion) [0x00000] in <ea47b2df30ad4051b6681ba57ba83dc9>:0 at OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectLoader.EvaluateProjectFileCore (System.String filePath, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2[TKey,TValue] projectConfigurationsInSolution) [0x00160] in <9ecc61c9716b45d19f58afb1114317db>:0 at OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectLoader.BuildProject (System.String filePath, System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary`2[TKey,TValue] configurationsInSolution) [0x0000d] in <9ecc61c9716b45d19f58afb1114317db>:0 at OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectFile.ProjectFileInfo.Load (System.String filePath, OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectIdInfo projectIdInfo, OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectLoader loader, System.Guid sessionId, OmniSharp.Services.DotNetInfo dotNetInfo) [0x00023] in <9ecc61c9716b45d19f58afb1114317db>:0 at OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectManager+<>c__DisplayClass31_0.<LoadProject>b__0 () [0x00000] in <9ecc61c9716b45d19f58afb1114317db>:0 at (wrapper delegate-invoke) System.Func`1[System.ValueTuple`3[OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectFile.ProjectFileInfo,System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableArray`1[OmniSharp.MSBuild.Logging.MSBuildDiagnostic],OmniSharp.MSBuild.Notification.ProjectLoadedEventArgs]].invoke_TResult() at OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectManager.LoadOrReloadProject (System.String projectFilePath, System.Func`1[TResult] loader) [0x0001b] in <9ecc61c9716b45d19f58afb1114317db>:0 [fail]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectManager Attempted to update project that is not loaded: /Users/haardikgupta/Desktop/Code/CS/CS.csproj

Answer 1

I was able to find a solution for all the mac users. All you need to do is add the two lines listed below to your bash_profile file and everything will run smoothly. If you have trouble doing so please feel free to reply to this answer and i will be more than happy to help you out.

PS: Make sure to replace the 5.0.203 with your version of the .NET sdk

 export MSBuildSDKsPath="/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/$(dotnet --5.0.203)/Sdks" export MSBuildSDKsPath="/usr/share/dotnet/dotnet/sdk/$(dotnet --5.0.203)/Sdks"