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Not able to use dotnet-svcutil with .NET Core 3.1 framework on macOS

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Describe the bug When running dotnet-svcutil on macOS 10.15.7 and .NET Core 3.1.9 it throws an error “It was not possible to find any compatible framework version”.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Run dotnet-svcutil.

~ ᐅ dotnet-svcutil
It was not possible to find any compatible framework version
The framework 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '2.1.0' was not found.
  - The following frameworks were found:
      3.1.9 at [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

You can resolve the problem by installing the specified framework and/or SDK.

The specified framework can be found at:
  - https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.NETCore.App&framework_version=2.1.0&arch=x64&rid=osx.10.15-x64

Expected behavior Want to be able to run dotnet-svcutil with .NET Core 3.1.

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Created 3 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:10 (2 by maintainers)

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bogdanmaximcommented, Nov 17, 2020

I ran into the same issue today. The documentation here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/additional-tools/dotnet-svcutil-guide?tabs=dotnetsvcutil2x seems to indicate that it should work with later versions.

It doesn’t. Here is my output on dotnet core 5:

dotnet svcutil

Welcome to .NET 5.0!
---------------------
SDK Version: 5.0.100

Telemetry
---------
The .NET tools collect usage data in order to help us improve your experience. It is collected by Microsoft and shared with the community. You can opt-out of telemetry by setting the DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT environment variable to '1' or 'true' using your favorite shell.

Read more about .NET CLI Tools telemetry: https://aka.ms/dotnet-cli-telemetry

----------------
Installed an ASP.NET Core HTTPS development certificate.
To trust the certificate run 'dotnet dev-certs https --trust' (Windows and macOS only).
Learn about HTTPS: https://aka.ms/dotnet-https
----------------
Write your first app: https://aka.ms/dotnet-hello-world
Find out what's new: https://aka.ms/dotnet-whats-new
Explore documentation: https://aka.ms/dotnet-docs
Report issues and find source on GitHub: https://github.com/dotnet/core
Use 'dotnet --help' to see available commands or visit: https://aka.ms/dotnet-cli
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It was not possible to find any compatible framework version
The framework 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '2.1.0' was not found.
  - The following frameworks were found:
      5.0.0 at [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

You can resolve the problem by installing the specified framework and/or SDK.

The specified framework can be found at:
  - https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.NETCore.App&framework_version=2.1.0&arch=x64&rid=osx.11.0-x64

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siraj-mansour-deltatrecommented, May 25, 2022

Seeing this now on .NET 6 its prompting me to download .NET 5

The framework 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '5.0.0' (x64) was not found.
  - The following frameworks were found:
      2.1.30 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
      6.0.2 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
      6.0.5 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]

You can resolve the problem by installing the specified framework and/or SDK.

The specified framework can be found at:
  - https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.NETCore.App&framework_version=5.0.0&arch=x64&rid=win10-x64