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[docs] Add troubleshooting note for localhive.sh CLI copy failure on macOS/Linux #1128

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## Building from source

### "Failed to copy CLI files" error on macOS or Linux

**Symptoms**: When running `localhive.sh` to install a locally built Aspire CLI, the script exits with:

```
Failed to copy CLI files from <publish_dir> to <bin_dir>
```

On macOS/BSD, this appears as `cp: .../fr is a directory (not copied)`. On Linux/GNU, it appears as `cp: -r not specified; omitting directory '...'`.

**Cause**: The `dotnet publish` output for the CLI includes culture-specific resource subdirectories (for example, `fr/`, `de/`). The plain `cp` invocation without `-R` cannot copy directories.

**Solution**: Update to the latest version of `localhive.sh` from the [microsoft/aspire](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire) repository. The script was updated to use `cp -Rf "$CLI_PUBLISH_DIR"/. "$CLI_BIN_DIR"/` which correctly copies both files and subdirectories.
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## See also

- [Create your first Aspire app](/get-started/first-app/)
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