Sdk: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUsername\.nuget\packages\.tools\dotnet-ef'.

[bastienJS]

Steps to reproduce

Define that in your project.json:

  "tools": {     
    "dotnet-ef": "1.0.0-*"
  },

dependency:  "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": "1.0.0-preview1-final",

then SAVE!

Now the nuget restore starts in Visual studio but I get this error among the other error below:

error: Unable to resolve 'dotnet-ef (>= 1.0.0)' for '.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0'.
info : Committing restore...
log  : Writing lock file to disk. Path: C:\TGB.Core\TGB.Api\project.lock.json
log  : C:\TGB.Core\TGB.Api\TGB.Api.xproj
log  : Restore failed in 1915ms.
Errors in C:\TGB.Core\TGB.Api\TGB.Api.xproj
    Unable to resolve 'dotnet-ef (>= 1.0.0)' for '.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.0'.

Why is this nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools not compatible - somehow - with my
framework: net461 project?

I get this error:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\bastien.nuget\packages.tools\dotnet-ef'. TGB.Api C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\DotNet\Microsoft.DotNet.Common.Targets 241

Line 241 is:

    <Dnx
      RuntimeExe="$(SDKToolingExe)"
      Condition="'$(_DesignTimeHostBuild)' != 'true'"
      ProjectFolder="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)"
      Arguments="$(_BuildArguments)"
      />

Actual behavior

When I do run "dotnet ef --help" in the TGB.Api project directory on the CMD I get this error:

C:\TGB.Core\TGB.Api>dotnet ef --help

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\bastien\.nuget\packages\.tools\dotnet-ef'.
   at System.IO.Win32FileSystemEnumerableIterator`1.CommonInit()
   at System.IO.Win32FileSystemEnumerableIterator`1..ctor(String path, String originalUserPath, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption, SearchResultHandler`1 resultHandler)
   at System.IO.Win32FileSystemEnumerableFactory.CreateFileNameIterator(String path, String originalUserPath, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
   at System.IO.Win32FileSystem.EnumeratePaths(String fullPath, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption, SearchTarget searchTarget)
   at System.IO.Directory.EnumerateFileSystemNames(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs)
   at System.IO.Directory.EnumerateDirectories(String path)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.ToolPathCalculator.GetAvailableToolVersions(String packageId)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.ToolPathCalculator.GetBestLockFilePath(String packageId, VersionRange versionRange, NuGetFramework framework)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.ProjectToolsCommandResolver.GetToolLockFilePath(LibraryRange toolLibrary, String nugetPackagesRoot)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.ProjectToolsCommandResolver.GetToolLockFile(LibraryRange toolLibrary, String nugetPackagesRoot)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.ProjectToolsCommandResolver.ResolveCommandSpecFromToolLibrary(LibraryRange toolLibraryRange, String commandName, IEnumerable`1 args, ProjectContext projectContext)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.ProjectToolsCommandResolver.ResolveCommandSpecFromAllToolLibraries(IEnumerable`1 toolsLibraries, String commandName, IEnumerable`1 args, ProjectContext projectContext)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.ProjectToolsCommandResolver.ResolveFromProjectTools(String commandName, IEnumerable`1 args, String projectDirectory)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.ProjectToolsCommandResolver.Resolve(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.CompositeCommandResolver.Resolve(CommandResolverArguments commandResolverArguments)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.CommandResolver.TryResolveCommandSpec(String commandName, IEnumerable`1 args, NuGetFramework framework, String configuration, String outputPath)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Command.Create(String commandName, IEnumerable`1 args, NuGetFramework framework, String configuration, String outputPath)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Program.ProcessArgs(String[] args, ITelemetry telemetryClient)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Program.Main(String[] args)

Expected behavior

When I do "dotnet ef --helpf" on the CMD I expect to get the help...

Environment data

dotnet --info output:

.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-preview1-002702)

Product Information:
Version: 1.0.0-preview1-002702
Commit Sha: 6cde21225e

Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.10586
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win10-x64

[bastienJS]

Sorry for the confusion in the repro steps, but the "bug" is behaving very ambivalent...

[bastienJS]

Should have better read the official docu: https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFramework.Docs/blob/master/docs/cli/dotnet.rst

instead of following some half-done www tuts...

[ghost]

https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFramework.Docs/blob/master/docs/miscellaneous/cli/dotnet.rst

[WitnessMee]

I had this problem when I did a dotnet publish. Before that I did a dotnet restore and the write to _project.lock.json_ failed (because TFS set it to read-only)
The publish was looking for _Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration.Tools_ in .../packages/.tools

When a removed the read-only property and did the restore again, the publish worked fine.