How to make the EF Core Tools 3.1.2 work?

Question

I have run the following command to update my EF Core Tools:

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-ef

After running it, I tried to run

dotnet ef --version

But then it threw this error:

It was not possible to find any compatible framework version The framework 'Microsoft.NETCore.App', version '3.1.2' was not found. - The following frameworks were found: 2.1.13 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] 2.2.7 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] 3.0.0 at [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] 3.1.1 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=3.1.2&arch=x64&rid=win10-x64

After seeing it I followed the link and downloaded all possible packages but nothing changed.

How do I resolve this problem?

Answer 1

I have found a way to solve this problem. Worth noting, however, it's not the best approach:

dotnet tool uninstall --global dotnet-ef
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef --version 3.1.1