Dotnet Tool Install should support --interactive

Steps to reproduce

Using a private feed, run dotnet tool install -g <ToolName hosted in private feed> --interactive

Expected behavior

dotnet tool install passes the interactive flag to dotnet restore during the installation to support authentication

Actual behavior

dotnet tool fails with unknown command --interactive

Honestly feel the entire auth workflow needs some attention when dealing with Azure DevOps feeds. Currently the only working flow to get this to install is this:

1. dotnet nuget locals -c all
2. dotnet restore --interactive (this gives me a URL & code to open in a browser to complete auth) ??
3. dotnet tool install -g <%toolname%>

If I don’t clear all nuget cache first, the tool install command doesn’t seem to look outside the cache folders and simply fails with a package not found error.

Environment data

dotnet --info output: .NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json): Version: 2.1.403 Commit: 04e15494b6

Runtime Environment: OS Name: Windows OS Version: 10.0.16299 OS Platform: Windows RID: win10-x64 Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.403\

Host (useful for support): Version: 2.1.5 Commit: 290303f510

.NET Core SDKs installed: 2.1.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.101 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.102 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.103 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.104 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.200 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.201 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.202 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.400 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.401 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.402 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.403 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed: Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.3-servicing-26724-03 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]

To install additional .NET Core runtimes or SDKs: https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

[Balfa]

But why was this issue closed? dotnet tool install -g <toolname> --interactive still doesn’t work without -v m. How would a user know to add that?

[stevieray8450]

What in the world? That is not intuitive at all