dvnm not a recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file

Question

when you try to run "dnvm list" or any of "dnvm" commands in the command promt i get the error

"dvnm not a recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file"

I have already installed visual studio 2015 on my windows7 pc.

Answer 1

1. Install Powershell 4.0
   http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/21016.how-to-install-windows-powershell-4-0.aspx

2. Run the below command in command prompt

@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "&{$Branch='dev';$wc=New-Object System.Net.WebClient;$wc.Proxy=[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy;$wc.Proxy.Credentials=[System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials;Invoke-Expression ($wc.DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/Home/dev/dnvminstall.ps1'))}"

or the below command in powershell

&{$Branch='dev';$wc=New-Object System.Net.WebClient;$wc.Proxy=[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy;$wc.Proxy.Credentials=[System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials;Invoke-Expression ($wc.DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aspnet/Home/dev/dnvminstall.ps1'))}

ref : asp.net /home github site Upgrading DNVM or running without Visual Studio

3. run command in command prompt

dnvm list

The command promt may ask you that you dint have any and install the latest say yes and it installs successfully.

Sample output is shown below

C:\Windows\system32>dnvm list

Getting started It looks like you don't have any runtimes installed. Do you want us to install a DNX to get you started? [Y] Yes [N] No

[?] Help (default is "Y"): y

Determining latest version Downloading dnx-clr-win-x86.1.0.0-beta7 from https://www.nuget.org/api/v2 Installing to C:\Users\YourAdminUserName.dnx\runtimes\dnx-clr-win-x86.1.0.0-beta7 Adding C:\Users\YourAdminUserName.dnx\runtimes\dnx-clr-win-x86.1.0.0-beta7\bin to process PA .....and so on

That it you are ready to roll..