.NET Entity Framework

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Hey,

I’m using Project IDX to create a .NET project with Entity Framework.

Everything was going fine until I tried to run the EF migration. The terminal is showing me this error:

Could not execute because the specified command or file was not found.
Possible reasons for this include:

  • You misspelled a built-in dotnet command.
  • You intended to execute a .NET program, but dotnet-ef does not exist.
  • You intended to run a global tool, but a dotnet-prefixed executable with this name could not be found on the PATH.

I already have EF installed (it’s in the .csproj), and after doing some research, I found that some people suggest adding dotnet-ef to the dev.nix file as well. However, when I added it and tried to rebuild the project, the build broke.

I don’t know if I’m trying to import the wrong package.

Does anyone know how to solve this, or if it’s even possible?

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I could handle this…

Before, I was stuck thinking I needed to add dotnet-ef to the .nix file, but that’s not the case.

In the .nix file, you only need to ensure you have the dotnet-sdk package. Once that’s set up, you can run the following commands:

Install EF Tools Globally

dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef

Use EF Tools Locally in the Project

dotnet new tool-manifest
dotnet tool install dotnet-ef

After these steps, you’re ready to use EF Tools! :grin:

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