dotnet-ef does not exist - Windows 10 WSL (Ubuntu)

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I've been testing dotnet core 3 in different OS like Windows and Linux(Ubuntu). All of them are working fine with EF Core!

However, I decided to give a chance to Windows WSL - Windows Subsystem for Linux and see how it works. That's why I'm here!

The problem with WSL and Ubuntu 18.04 is:

I installed EF Core globally and restarted the terminal. * Up to this point, the EF version is 3.1.4

> dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef

I get the following error when I try to run any dotnet ef command:

> dotnet ef database update

Could not execute because the specified command or file was not found.
Possible reasons for this include:
  * You misspelled a built-in dotnet command.
  * You intended to execute a .NET Core program, but dotnet-ef does not exist.
  * You intended to run a global tool, but a dotnet-prefixed executable with this name could not be found on the PATH.

Has anyone faced the same error using Windows WSL and Ubuntu 18.04?

ef-core-3.0 windows-subsystem-for-linux .net-core entity-framework
2 Answers

Finally I found the solution!

I've tried to export the PATH variable export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.dotnet/tools" as @kapsiR mentioned. However, it was valid for a single terminal session only. So if I close the terminal and open again, the $PATH configuration disappears.

The solution that works for me:

  1. cd /home/yourUserName
  2. Edit the file .zshrc and add this line export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.dotnet/tools/". NOTE: I'm using zsh shell in this case. You should change it if you are using a different one.
  3. Restart your terminal
user_116441670

Sadly, the PATH isn't exported directly after the installation of the dotnet-sdk.
You basically have two options:

  1. Add the tool path manually for the current session:
    export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.dotnet/tools"

OR

  1. Start a new session of the WSL

With the dotnet-sdk there comes a script which adds it to the PATH, it's located under /etc/profile.d/dotnet-cli-tools-bin-path.sh.

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