Error when trying to add OctoPack to project

Legacy Uncategorised
1

Hi Paul,

I have a 3 different projects in a solution that I would like to use OctoPack with (web project, service project, and a database migrations library). However, when I try to install the OctoPack nuget package to any project I get the following errors:

PM> Install-Package OctoPack
Attempting to resolve dependency 'NuGet.CommandLine (≥ 1.6.0)'.
Successfully installed 'NuGet.CommandLine 1.6.0'.
Successfully installed 'OctoPack 1.0.94'.
Successfully added 'OctoPack 1.0.94' to Database.
Delete temporary file
Unable to find type [Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection]: make sure that the assembly containing this type is loaded.
At C:\EntDev\TT Website\trunk\TT Website\packages\OctoPack.1.0.94\tools\MSBuild.psm1:26 char:61
+             @([Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection] <<<< ::GlobalProjectCollection.GetLoadedProjects($path))[0]
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Build...ojectCollection:String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound
 
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\EntDev\TT Website\trunk\TT Website\packages\OctoPack.1.0.94\tools\MSBuild.psm1:90 char:30
+     $buildProject.GetProperty <<<< ($PropertyName)
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (GetProperty:String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
 
NuGet package restore is not enabled. Adding OctoPack from the package directory.
Installing OctoPack Targets file import into project Database
Unable to find type [Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection]: make sure that the assembly containing this type is loaded.
At C:\EntDev\TT Website\trunk\TT Website\packages\OctoPack.1.0.94\tools\MSBuild.psm1:26 char:61
+             @([Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection] <<<< ::GlobalProjectCollection.GetLoadedProjects($path))[0]
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Build...ojectCollection:String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound
 
The current project is:   C:\EntDev\TT Website\trunk\TT Website\Database\Database.csproj
Project parent directory: C:\EntDev\TT Website\trunk\TT Website\Database
Import will be added for: ..\packages\OctoPack.1.0.94\targets\OctoPack.targets
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\EntDev\TT Website\trunk\TT Website\packages\OctoPack.1.0.94\tools\install.ps1:54 char:42
+     $target = $buildProject.Xml.AddImport <<<< ( $importFile )
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (AddImport:String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
 
Import added!

This is my first time trying OctoPack so I’m not sure if I’m doing wrong or not. Is there something I’m missing?

Thanks,
Steven

2

Hi Steven,

Thanks for getting in touch, I’ll have to chase this one up with the NuGet team I expect. Out of interest, are you running the latest version of the NuGet VS extension? (If upgrading you may need to uninstall and then install first).

Paul

3

Looks like the Microsoft.Build assembly is not loaded. May need to add this somewhere in the install.ps1 script:

# Full assembly name is required
Add-Type -AssemblyName 'Microsoft.Build, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'

This will ensure the assembly is loaded so that the install script can access the solution to add the Octopack files for package restore.

4

Thanks all, I’ve created an issue on GitHub to track this here:

https://github.com/OctopusDeploy/OctoPack/issues/7

Feel free to add any extra detail to that issue.

Paul