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Reputation: 461

Nuget package installation fails although package should be supported

I am trying to install the package Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions in my Visual Studio 2013 solution as part of a Sitecore installation. The solution has .NET target framework 4.5.2.

The installation fails with

Install-Package : Could not install package 'Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions 1.0.0'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2', but the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework. For more information, contact the package author.

At line:1 char:1 + Install-Package Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions -Version 1 ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PowerShell.Commands.InstallPackageCommand

I have tried performing the installation in a completely new, empty solution but the installation still fails.

According to the link, there is a dependency to .NETStandard 1.0 but this should be supported by 4.5 according to this.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 623

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 461

JaCraig's commment helped me solve this: I upgraded Nuget Package Manager from 2.8 to 2.12. Afterwards, there were no problems with the installation.

Upvotes: 1

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