I have Visual Studio for Mac and I'm trying to learn Xamarin with Azure using the following tutorial: https://adrianhall.github.io/develop-mobile-apps-with-csharp-and-azure/chapter3/server/
At some point, I have to enable EF migrations. The tutorial says: Go to View -> Other Windows -> Package Manager Console.
Unfortunately there is no Package Manager Console in Visual Studio for Mac... so how do you handle things like enable-migrations, add-migration or update-database on the Mac?
To run EF on Mac just follow the following.
Open a command line, go to the project folder, and run
dotnet restore
If everything is fine, you should be able to run
dotnet ef
After that you can run commands like:
dotnet ef migrations add initial
dotnet ef database update
This is currently supported on Mac.
First you need to install dotnet-ef
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef
To install a specific version of the tool, use the following command:
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef --version 3.1.4
Add the "dotnet-ef" tools directory on the PATH environment variable.
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/'your user folder'/.dotnet/tools"
Open a command line, go to the project folder, and run
dotnet restore
If everything is fine, you should be able to run
dotnet ef
After that you can run commands like:
dotnet ef migrations add initial
dotnet ef database update
PS: Your solution should not be executing when the dotnet ef command line is trying to run!!!
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If you are using .NET Core (specifically EF Core), you can install the NuGet PowerShell Core Console in Visual Studio for Mac'.
Just follow the instructions described at:
https://lastexitcode.com/blog/2019/05/05/NuGetPowerShellCoreConsoleVisualStudioForMac8-0/
Mac Users
If you have N-Layer Architecture and multiple projects, make sure you're running command on the right path (possibly under the startup project path)
I was having issues because of a wrong path
dotnet ef database update
Of course you have to install ef first
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef --version {VERSION_NUMBER}
then export path
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/firatkeler/.dotnet/tools"
And do not forget to install db locally if your settings are pointing to a local db. Install and try to connect it first, then apply dotnet ef database update command.
