Process killed immediately when running on macOS

[isidjjchdhdhdh]

Version

v1.12.2

Platform

macOS 14

Steps to reproduce

Terminal looks like this:
(base) ➜ YoutubeDownloader.osx-arm64 ./YoutubeDownloader
[1] 4396 killed ./YoutubeDownloader

Details

can't open the app, no matter running in terminal or clicking the "YoutubeDownloader" in the folder

p.s. already allowed this app in system settings

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[Tyrrrz]

You might also need to allow ffmpeg and all dylib files. I don't use macOS, but this is what I heard.

[fenhelix]

Allowing files does not stop the process from being killed.

[TheLazyHatGuy]

It runs fine if you clone the project and build it locally. I guess there is something wrong with the packaging

[Tyrrrz]

Running it via dotnet run would work because dotnet is signed

[githal2022]

I don't work in terminal space - how do I use dotnet? It worked beautifully on Windows, but I really intended to use it with MacOS arm.

[Tyrrrz]

You can download .NET runtime (or SDK) here: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download

Then use the terminal, switch to the directory with the app, and run dotnet YoutubeDownloader.dll. The .NET CLI will act as a signed proxy and you should be able to run the app. You may have issues with the packaged ffmpeg executable, but you can work around that by deleting it and installing ffmpeg using your package manager instead.

[Raphael0010]

@githal2022

In first you need to install dotnet from brew with this command : brew install dotnet,
next you should use this command to authorize any application to run on your mac: sudo spctl --master-disable.

And now you can use the @Tyrrrz command : dotnet YoutubeDownloader.dll

[Tyrrrz]

@Raphael0010 with sudo spctl --master-disable can you run the application directly with ./YoutubeDownloader?

[Raphael0010]

When I run : ./YoutubeDownloader
I have : [1] 10295 killed ./YoutubeDownloader

[Tyrrrz]

Okay that's unfortunate

[Tyrrrz]

The solution to this issue is probably an app bundle, similar to Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter#1249

[DannyDorito24]

This is definitely a gatekeeper/signing problem, I'm doubtful that an app bundle would solve it. With gatekeeper disabled, it opens just fine. With gatekeeper enabled, it complains about the app itself, along with all of the libraries it tries to load. In pre-sequoia macOS it would probably only complain about the main executable. I have seen this with app bundles as well as raw executables like this. The only easy workaround is to disable gatekeeper for a bit, and once you've done that and opened the app, you can re-enable gatekeeper and it will continue to allow this app (although if you redownload it or download an update, you'll have to do this all again)

Alternatively, yt-dlp works great on macOS if you're okay with a bit of command line, since it's python no weirdness with gatekeeper is needed.

Reading through this again after writing this out though, I never got the "killed" message when trying to run it, even with gatekeeper enabled. Have you set Allow Applications from App Store and Known Developers in Privacy and Security? That could be the source of this issue, as if it's set to App Store only, I don't think it will let anything even try to run other than App Store downloads.