dnx is not recognize to run asp.net 5 application

Question

• try to run Asp.Net 5 Application through command prompt by using command C:\asp.net5App\src\asp.net5>dnx .web
• error message that I am getting. 'dnx' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Answer 1

Check that you've got an active runtime before you can use dnx.

dnvm use

Answer 2

I am tied of this thread, because it has so many misleading answers that happen to work for some people and not for others. But anyway this is what worked for me.

• Install visual studio 2015 (Enterprise)

• open Developer Command Prompt for VS2015 and ran the following commands

  @powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "&{$Branch='dev';iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/Home/dev/dnvminstall.ps1'))}"

the above installs .NET Version Manager (DNVM)

• Then i cd into the folder where dnvm has been installed e.g cd /Users/johnny/.dnx/bin

• there i ran these commands

  dnvm upgrade -r coreclr (To install DNX for .NET Core)

  dnvm upgrade -r clr (To install DNX for the full .NET Framework)

• then i ran

  dnvm setup (to firmly setup the path)

• then i got out of /Users/johnny/.dnx/bin and ran

where dnvm = C:\Users\johnny.dnx\bin\dnvm.cmd

dnvm = produced a batch of commands options to be used

Answer 3

Run dnvm upgrade.

If dnvm is not recognized, follow the instructions on the Home repo to install it, then do the previous step.