OctoPack Install

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I added the install OctoPack and immediately was met with red errors pasted below after successful install? Any ideas on why this is happening?

Successfully added ‘OctoPack 3.0.34’ to Website.
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:17 char:5

  • $import = $msbuild.Xml.AddImport($relativePath)

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

The property ‘Condition’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:18 char:5

  • $import.Condition = "Exists('$relativePath')"

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:21 char:5

  • $target = $msbuild.Xml.AddTarget("EnsureOctoPackImported")

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

The property ‘BeforeTargets’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:22 char:5

  • $target.BeforeTargets = "BeforeBuild"

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

The property ‘Condition’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:23 char:5

  • $target.Condition = "'`$(OctoPackImported)' == ''"

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:26 char:5

  • $errorTask = $target.AddTask("Error")

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

The property ‘Condition’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:27 char:5

  • $errorTask.Condition = "!Exists('$relativePath') And ('`$(RunOctoPack)' != ' ...

  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:28 char:5

  • $errorTask.SetParameter("Text", "You are trying to build with OctoPack, but  ...

  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:29 char:5

  • $errorTask.SetParameter("HelpKeyword", "BCLBUILD2001");

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:32 char:5

  • $errorTask = $target.AddTask("Error")

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

The property ‘Condition’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:33 char:5

  • $errorTask.Condition = "Exists('$relativePath') And ('`$(RunOctoPack)' != '' ...

  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:34 char:5

  • $errorTask.SetParameter("Text", "OctoPack cannot be run because NuGet packag ...

  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.34\tools\Install.ps1:35 char:5

  • $errorTask.SetParameter("HelpKeyword", "BCLBUILD2002");

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
2

Hi James,

Thanks for getting in touch! We accidentally published a broken version of OctoPack (I’ve just pulled it). If you downgrade to 3.0.33 it should be fixed.

Paul

3

Paul-

I installed 3.0.33 and also tried newest both error out? I uninstalled prior to trying both.

PM> install-package OctoPack -version 3.0.33
Installing ‘OctoPack 3.0.33’.
Successfully installed ‘OctoPack 3.0.33’.
Adding ‘OctoPack 3.0.33’ to Website.
Successfully added ‘OctoPack 3.0.33’ to Website.
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:17 char:5

  • $import = $msbuild.Xml.AddImport($relativePath)

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
      The property ‘Condition’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
      At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:18 char:5
  • $import.Condition = "Exists('$relativePath')"

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
      You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
      At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:21 char:5
  • $target = $msbuild.Xml.AddTarget("EnsureOctoPackImported")

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
      The property ‘BeforeTargets’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
      At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:22 char:5
  • $target.BeforeTargets = "BeforeBuild"

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
      The property ‘Condition’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
      At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:23 char:5
  • $target.Condition = "'`$(OctoPackImported)' == ''"

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
      You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
      At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:26 char:5
  • $errorTask = $target.AddTask("Error")

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
      The property ‘Condition’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
      At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:27 char:5
  • $errorTask.Condition = "!Exists('$relativePath') And ('`$(RunOctoPack)' != ' ...

  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:28 char:5

  • $errorTask.SetParameter("Text", "You are trying to build with OctoPack, but  ...

  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:29 char:5

  • $errorTask.SetParameter("HelpKeyword", "BCLBUILD2001");

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
      You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
      At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:32 char:5
  • $errorTask = $target.AddTask("Error")

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
      The property ‘Condition’ cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
      At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:33 char:5
  • $errorTask.Condition = "Exists('$relativePath') And ('`$(RunOctoPack)' != '' ...

  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:34 char:5

  • $errorTask.SetParameter("Text", "OctoPack cannot be run because NuGet packag ...

  •   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\jamesf\Source\Workspaces\NewWaterStreet\Coastal\SourceCode_Trunk\Website\packages\OctoPack.3.0.33\tools\Install.ps1:35 char:5

  • $errorTask.SetParameter("HelpKeyword", "BCLBUILD2002");

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:slight_smile: [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
4

Hi James

Thanks for posting your error log. I actually think looking at that it’s not OctoPack itself, there’s something else afoot here.

Can you let me know what version of Visual Studio, what version of NuGet you’re running and anything else you’re doing that’s different with your nuget or your builds.

The only references I can find to the BCLBUILD2002 keyword are related to the Microsoft.Bcl.Build (here http://www.goatly.net/fixing-nuget-errors-after-removing-microsoft-bcl-build and here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2013/08/22/improved-package-restore.aspx ) and I’ve not come across those before.

Regards

Damian

5

Damian-

I’m using the following:

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2013
Version 12.0.31101.00 Update 4
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Version 4.5.51641

Installed Version: Professional

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Thanks
James F.

6

Hi James,

This is a tricky one.

Can you try creating a brand new web project and install octopack ? I’d like to see if it’s something to do with your project or the environment.

Regards

Damian