Installing package Microsoft.ML on target framework .NET Framework 4.6.2 fails.

System information

• OS version/distro: Windows 10
• .NET Version (eg., dotnet --info): .NET 4.6.2

Issue

• What did you do? Tried to install Nuget Package Microsoft.ML on a .NET 4.6.2 project in Visual Studio 2013 (Version 12.0.40629.00 Update 5)

• What happened? Nuget Package installation failed with error.

• What did you expect? Nuget Package should have been installed successfully as netstandard 2.0 supports .NET Framework 4.6.2.

Source code / logs

Installing 'Microsoft.ML 0.4.0'.
Successfully installed 'Microsoft.ML 0.4.0'.
Adding 'Microsoft.ML 0.4.0' to XXX.
Uninstalling 'Microsoft.ML 0.4.0'.
Successfully uninstalled 'Microsoft.ML 0.4.0'.
Install failed. Rolling back...
Could not install package 'Microsoft.ML 0.4.0'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETFramework,Version=v4.6.2', 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.

[eerhardt]

Microsoft.ML currently supports ‘x64’ and ‘x86’ processor architectures. Please ensure your application is targeting ‘x64’ or ‘x86’.

As the error indicates, you can’t use Any CPU with Microsoft.ML. Instead you need to change your project’s platform to either x64 or x86. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/how-to-configure-projects-to-target-platforms for instructions on how to change it.

[yusufmsalh]

I have resolved by switching back to Dot Net Framework V4.6 , I wonder if you may find another solution for the duplicate reference issue @eerhardt