From 7a496ec162daffd034740e11935fdf61e8beb06e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wouter Huysentruit Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:31:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add common error 'Unable to locate the .NET Core SDK' to Build.Errors.md and BuildFromSource.md (closes #3035) --- docs/BuildErrors.md | 9 +++++++++ docs/BuildFromSource.md | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/BuildErrors.md b/docs/BuildErrors.md index 52fb8d25de6..73bd87d4791 100644 --- a/docs/BuildErrors.md +++ b/docs/BuildErrors.md @@ -22,3 +22,12 @@ Similar to BUILD001, but this error is not suppressable. This error only appears This repo uses a common output directory (artifacts/bin/$(ProjectName) and artifacts/obj/$(ProjectName)). To avoid confllicts in build output, each project file should have a unique name. + +### Error MSB4236 / Unable to locate the .NET Core SDK + +Executing `.\restore.cmd` or `.\build.cmd` may produce these errors: + +> error : Unable to locate the .NET Core SDK. Check that it is installed and that the version specified in global.json (if any) matches the installed version. +> error MSB4236: The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk' specified could not be found. + +In most cases, this is because the option _Use previews of the .NET Core SDK_ in VS2019 is not checked. Start Visual Studio, go to _Tools > Options_ and check _Use previews of the .NET Core SDK_ under _Environment > Preview Features_. diff --git a/docs/BuildFromSource.md b/docs/BuildFromSource.md index d84fe2ab8c1..53938c189b6 100644 --- a/docs/BuildFromSource.md +++ b/docs/BuildFromSource.md @@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ The cause of this problem is that the solution you are using does not include th dotnet sln add C:\src\AspNetCore\src\Hosting\Abstractions\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions.csproj ``` +### Common error: Unable to locate the .NET Core SDK + +Executing `.\restore.cmd` or `.\build.cmd` may produce these errors: + +> error : Unable to locate the .NET Core SDK. Check that it is installed and that the version specified in global.json (if any) matches the installed version. +> error MSB4236: The SDK 'Microsoft.NET.Sdk' specified could not be found. + +In most cases, this is because the option _Use previews of the .NET Core SDK_ in VS2019 is not checked. Start Visual Studio, go to _Tools > Options_ and check _Use previews of the .NET Core SDK_ under _Environment > Preview Features_. + ## Building with Visual Studio Code Using Visual Studio Code with this repo requires setting environment variables on command line first.