Entityframework.docs: 'Scaffold-DbContext' is not recognized -> require EF Tools

[bertstomphorst]

"If you receive an error stating The term 'Scaffold-DbContext' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, then close and reopen Visual Studio."

Actual solution is to install nuget package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools

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• ID: 998197fe-077b-acee-c91c-12f074359e9e
• Version Independent ID: 7542e87e-8f99-9b91-6df1-6983776ad1d2
• Content: Getting Started on ASP.NET Core - Existing Database - EF Core
• Content Source: entity-framework/core/get-started/aspnetcore/existing-db.md
• Product: entity-framework
• GitHub Login: @rowanmiller
• Microsoft Alias: divega

[leftmostlane]

Yes, they should mention this in the instructions

[vivainio]

Yes, especially since this page appears prominently in google search

[dazinator]

Just hit by this.

[barsham]

thx for sharing.

[shawndeggans]

I ran into this on a console app. Installing Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools didn't help, even after a VS restart. I used the EF CLI to scaffold.

dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Server=.\;Database=AdventureWorksLT2012;Trusted_Connection=True;" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -o Model

[rumesh-smec]

Refer to this, it will make your life easier

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/miscellaneous/cli/powershell

[DanKyungu]

To resolve this issue, you will have to run this command in the package manager console Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools before to run the Scaffold-DbContext command, hope it help !

[bennyjonsson]

I had to start Visual Studio as an administrator to get it to work. Probably due to local policies in on our computers at my work...

[ajcvickers]

@bricelam @Rick-Anderson It looks like ASP.NET tutorial gets the package through ASP.NET scaffolding, so it doesn't need to be explicitly installed. Do you think we should change anything here?

[Rick-Anderson]

Yes, VS installs all the scaffolding packages and tools. If you select the VSC tab, it provides full instructions.

The meta-data in this issue points to our repo, why is this issue in the EF repo?

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