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EntityFramework package initialization error in Package Manager Console

I'm encountering an error when opening my solution in Visual Studio. The Package Manager Console displays an error related to initializing the EntityFramework package.

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Package Manager Console Host Version 6.9.2.1

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Test-ModuleManifest : The specified module 'E:\AIUB\ADVANCED PROGRAMMING WITH .NET 
[A]\LAB\Asp.NET-Builds\Sp24_A\WebAPIAppLayer\packages\EntityFramework.6.4.4\tools\EntityFramework6.psd1' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module 
directory.
At E:\AIUB\ADVANCED PROGRAMMING WITH .NET [A]\LAB\Asp.NET-Builds\Sp24_A\WebAPIAppLayer\packages\EntityFramework.6.4.4\tools\init.ps1:17 char:19
+ ... eToImport = Test-ModuleManifest (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'EntityFrame ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (E:\AIUB\ADVANCE...Framework6.psd1:String) [Test-ModuleManifest], FileNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestModuleManifestCommand
 
Import-Module : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Name' because it is null.
At E:\AIUB\ADVANCED PROGRAMMING WITH .NET [A]\LAB\Asp.NET-Builds\Sp24_A\WebAPIAppLayer\packages\EntityFramework.6.4.4\tools\init.ps1:33 char:19
+     Import-Module $moduleToImport
+                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Import-Module], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
 
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I have tried restarting VS multiple times and made sure of the existence of that package. global dotnet commands works in PMC, but I want the EF package related commands to work here

Solution

  • The solution I found to this was by manually importing the module using the following command:

    Import-Module 'E:\AIUB\ADVANCED PROGRAMMING WITH .NET [A]\LAB\Asp.NET-Builds\Sp24_A\WebAPIAppLayer\packages\EntityFramework.6.4.4\tools\EntityFramework6.psd1'