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Multiple global tool versions installed with unexpected behaviours thereafter

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce

I honestly don’t know how I or dotnet tool install -g got me here 😕 but I have two version of dotnet-try installed:

PS> dotnet tool list -g
Package Id                             Version           Commands                   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
amazon.lambda.testtool-2.1             0.9.2             dotnet-lambda-test-tool-2.1
amazon.lambda.tools                    3.2.3             dotnet-lambda              
benchmarkdotnet.tool                   0.11.5            dotnet-benchmark           
coverlet.console                       1.5.1             coverlet                   
csharpminifierconsole                  1.0.2             csmin                      
csharpsyntaxvalidator                  1.1.0             csval                      
dotnet-ignore                          1.0.4             dotnet-ignore              
dotnet-nuget-gc                        0.1.12            dotnet-nuget-gc            
dotnet-outdated                        2.2.0             dotnet-outdated            
dotnet-reportgenerator-globaltool      4.1.5             reportgenerator            
dotnet-script                          0.29.0            dotnet-script              
dotnet-symbol                          1.0.3             dotnet-symbol              
dotnet-t4                              2.0.4             t4                         
dotnet-try                             1.0.19264.11      dotnet-try                 
dotnet-try                             1.0.19266.17      dotnet-try                 
dotnet-warp                            1.0.9             dotnet-warp                
dotnetsay                              2.1.4             dotnetsay                  
dotnetthx                              0.1.2             dotnet-thx                 
elemental.sysinfotool                  0.5.0             sysinfo                    
git-istage                             0.2.61            git-istage                 
git-rocket-filter                      1.0.1             git-rocket-filter          
git-status-cli                         1.0.0             git-status                 
nyancat                                1.1.0             nyancat                    
recolor                                2.4.0             recolor                    
sourcelink                             3.0.0             sourcelink

However, when I try to update, I get an error:

PS> dotnet tool update -g dotnet-try
Tool 'dotnet-try' has multiple versions installed and cannot be updated.

And the same happen when trying to uninstall:

PS> dotnet tool uninstall -g dotnet-try
Tool 'dotnet-try' has multiple versions installed and cannot be uninstalled.

When I look at the help for uninstall, I do not see a way to uninstall a specific version:

Usage: dotnet tool uninstall [options] <PACKAGE_ID>

Arguments:
  <PACKAGE_ID>   The NuGet Package Id of the tool to uninstall.

Options:
  -g, --global         Uninstall the tool from the current user's tools directory.
  --tool-path <PATH>   The directory containing the tool to uninstall.
  -h, --help           Show command line help.

Interestingly, I can still run dotnet-try and when I do with its --version switch, I see that it’s running the older version (1.0.19264.11 < 1.0.19266.17):

PS> dotnet try --version
1.0.26411+32b271139a2df7175d00a808cca2b85c59504b70

Expected behavior

Expected one of the following:

latest version of the tool to run
install should have never let me get into this situation in the first place
uninstall should uninstall all versions
uninstall should have a --version flag

Actual behavior

Impossible to update
Impossible to uninstall
Older version of tool is run

Environment data

dotnet --info output:

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   2.2.204
 Commit:    8757db13ec

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.17763
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win10-x64
 Base Path:   C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.2.204\

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 2.2.5
  Commit:  0a3c9209c0

.NET Core SDKs installed:
  1.1.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  1.1.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.101 [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]
  2.1.300 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.400 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.402 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.403 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.500 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.502 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.505 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.507 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.602 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.1.604 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.2.101 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.2.202 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  2.2.204 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  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.All 2.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  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.AspNetCore.App 2.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 1.0.15 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 1.0.16 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 1.1.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 1.1.13 [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 2.1.0 [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 2.1.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]

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

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:7 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

jinfarcommented, Jan 22, 2023

Same issue on dotnet-sdk-preview 7.0.100-rc.2.22477.23

1reaction

livarcocccommented, May 21, 2019

@wli3 can you investigate?

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