Why does Gallio seem to need to be in a folder named GallioBundle-3.1.397.0/bin to run.

Question

I want to run MbUnit tests with Icarus and/or Echo without having to install Gallio. I have copied all of the files in the GallioBundle/bin into a folder named Third Party/MbUnit in our project folder.

When I double click on Gallio.Icarus.exe it dosesn't load or do anything.

When I run gallio.echo.exe from the command line I get the following error:

Start time: 1:07 PM Initializing the runtime and loading plugins. Stop time: 1:07 PM (Total execution time: 0.313 seconds) Error: A fatal exception occurred. Gallio.Runtime.RuntimeException: Could not resolve component for service type 'Gallio.Runner.Projects.ITestProjectManager' because there do not appear to be any components registered and enabled for that service type. at Gallio.Runtime.Extensibility.RegistryServiceLocator.ResolveNonDisabledDescriptor(Type serviceType) in c:\RelEng\Projects\MbUnit v3.1\Work\src\Gallio\Gallio\Runtime\Extensibility\RegistryServiceLocator.cs:line 202 at Gallio.Runtime.Extensibility.RegistryServiceLocator.ResolveImpl(Type serviceType) in c:\RelEng\Projects\MbUnit v3.1\Work\src\Gallio\Gallio\Runtime\Extensibility\RegistryServiceLocator.cs:line 161 at Gallio.Runtime.Extensibility.RegistryServiceLocator.ResolveTService in c:\RelEng\Projects\MbUnit v3.1\Work\src\Gallio\Gallio\Runtime\Extensibility\RegistryServiceLocator.cs:line 52 at Gallio.Runner.TestLauncher.RunWithRuntime() in c:\RelEng\Projects\MbUnit v3.1\Work\src\Gallio\Gallio\Runner\TestLauncher.cs:line 511 at Gallio.Runner.TestLauncher.Run() in c:\RelEng\Projects\MbUnit v3.1\Work\src\Gallio\Gallio\Runner\TestLauncher.cs:line 474 at Gallio.Echo.EchoProgram.RunTests(ILogger logger) at Gallio.Echo.EchoProgram.RunImpl(String[] args) at Gallio.Runtime.ConsoleSupport.ConsoleProgram`1.Run(IRichConsole console, String[] args) in c:\RelEng\Projects\MbUnit v3.1\Work\src\Gallio\Gallio\Runtime\ConsoleSupport\ConsoleProgram.cs:line 198

However, if I run it from where I have unzipped in my d/l folder to:

GallioBundle-3.1.397.0/bin Icarus UI comes up. Also... gallio.echo gives no errors when I run it at the command line. This makes no sense to me but there it is.

Why won't Gallio run from my project's folder?

Answer 1

It should work fine. Gallio really doesn't care about what the folder is called. The error above usually appears when some files are missing.

Another thing to try may be to run "Gallio.Utility.exe ResetInstallationId"

Answer 2

It seems that having the binary files in a folder named MbUnit was causing the problem. When I renamed the folder to Gallio everything started working correctly.

The Gallio devs have told me they can't duplicate this... but it was consistent and I even renamed the folder back and the error recurred.