ASP.NET MVC 6 Project cannot find DNX Run time

Question

When I try to build the project the error I get is as follows..

The Dnx Runtime package needs to be installed. See output window for more details

I have tried running both

dnvm upgrade
dnvm upgrade -r CoreClr

And when I run

dnvm list

I can see the run time installed which matches my project properties. I have also tried the solution outlined here;

http://www.sblackler.net/2015/05/02/Up-And-Running-With-DNX-DNVM-DNU/

Anyone have any ideas what else I can try? Is there a way to explicitly point my project to the run time in the .dnx folder of my

C:\Users\<Username>\.dnx

folder?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 20:52

If you are using the command line, you need to make sure that you also do dnvm use <version/label>.

On dnvm list, you'll see labels to the right, or you can use a specific version.

dnvm use default will use the default label.

dnvm use 1.0.0-beta4 will use the beta4 runtime specifically. (assuming you have it installed).

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '15 at 21:24

This might be a bit late, but better late than never ;)

clean up your dnx runtimes in C:\Users\USERNAME\.dnx and run dnvm upgrade. This should reinstall the latest runtimes. Or just use dnvm install <version> to install the ones you require.

Next, make sure your project references the right dnx runtime package in global.json depending on your preferences.

"sdk": {
  "version": "1.0.0-beta7",
  "runtime": "clr",
  "architecture": "x86"
}

Check project properties to point to the specific runtime of your choice.

Also try and keep your dependencies in the same beta version to avoid anomalies.

ASP.NET MVC 6 Project cannot find DNX Run time

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