Build Microsoft.AspNet.Identity from source, throws error when resolving packages

Question

I am trying to build AspNetIdentity from source available in https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetIdentity. It throws errors in the build process. Steps to reproduce:

1. Start Visual Studio 2019 Community and select Clone a repository. Enter the following URL and click Clone: https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetIdentity.git
2. Copy nuget.exe to the .nuget directory in the cloned project.
3. Build the solution.

The output is:

1>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
2>------ Build started: Project: Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
2>  Restoring NuGet packages...
2>  To prevent NuGet from downloading packages during build, open the Visual Studio Options dialog, click on the NuGet Package Manager node and uncheck 'Allow NuGet to download missing packages'.
2>  Feeds used:
2>    C:\Users\MyUserName\.nuget\packages\
2>    http://myget.org/F/owin
2>    https://nuget.org/api/v2/
2>  
2>  Restoring NuGet package Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1.
2>  Restoring NuGet package Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.3.0.1.
2>  Restoring NuGet package Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1.
2>  Restoring NuGet package Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth.3.0.1.
2>  Adding package 'Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.3.0.1' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
2>  Adding package 'Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
2>  Adding package 'Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
2>  Adding package 'Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth.3.0.1' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
2>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.3.0.1'.
2>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1'.
2>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1'.
2>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth.3.0.1'.
2>  Restoring NuGet package Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.4.
2>  Restoring NuGet package Owin.1.0.0.
2>  Adding package 'Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.4' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
2>  Adding package 'Owin.1.0.0' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
2>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Owin.1.0'.
2>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.4'.
2>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.3.0.1'.
2>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth.3.0.1'.
2>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1'.
2>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1'.
2>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Owin.1.0'.
2>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.4'.
2>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.exe" install "C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\src\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin\packages.config" -source "http://myget.org/F/owin;https://nuget.org/api/v2/"  -RequireConsent -solutionDir "C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ "" exited with code 1.
1>  Restoring NuGet packages...
1>  To prevent NuGet from downloading packages during build, open the Visual Studio Options dialog, click on the NuGet Package Manager node and uncheck 'Allow NuGet to download missing packages'.
1>  Feeds used:
1>    C:\Users\MyUserName\.nuget\packages\
1>    http://myget.org/F/owin
1>    https://nuget.org/api/v2/
1>  
1>  Restoring NuGet package EntityFramework.6.1.1.
1>  Adding package 'EntityFramework.6.1.1' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
1>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\EntityFramework.6.1.1'.
1>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\EntityFramework.6.1.1'.
1>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.exe" install "C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\src\Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework\packages.config" -source "http://myget.org/F/owin;https://nuget.org/api/v2/"  -RequireConsent -solutionDir "C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ "" exited with code 1.
3>------ Build started: Project: Identity.Test, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
3>  Restoring NuGet packages...
3>  To prevent NuGet from downloading packages during build, open the Visual Studio Options dialog, click on the NuGet Package Manager node and uncheck 'Allow NuGet to download missing packages'.
3>  Feeds used:
3>    C:\Users\MyUserName\.nuget\packages\
3>    http://myget.org/F/owin
3>    https://nuget.org/api/v2/
3>  
3>  Restoring NuGet package Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.3.0.1.
3>  Restoring NuGet package Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1.
3>  Restoring NuGet package Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1.
3>  Restoring NuGet package EntityFramework.6.1.1.
3>  Adding package 'Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
3>  Adding package 'Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
3>  Adding package 'Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.3.0.1' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
3>  Adding package 'EntityFramework.6.1.1' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
3>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1'.
3>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\EntityFramework.6.1.1'.
3>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.3.0.1'.
3>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1'.
3>  Restoring NuGet package Moq.4.0.10827.
3>  Restoring NuGet package Owin.1.0.0.
3>  Restoring NuGet package xunit.extensions.1.9.2.
3>  Restoring NuGet package xunit.1.9.2.
3>  Adding package 'Owin.1.0.0' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
3>  Adding package 'Moq.4.0.10827' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
3>  Adding package 'xunit.extensions.1.9.2' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
3>  Adding package 'xunit.1.9.2' to folder 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages'
3>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Owin.1.0'.
3>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\xunit.extensions.1.9.2'.
3>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\xunit.1.9.2'.
3>EXEC : warning : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Moq.4.0.10827'.
3>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies.3.0.1'.
3>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\EntityFramework.6.1.1'.
3>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.3.0.1'.
3>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Microsoft.Owin.Security.3.0.1'.
3>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Owin.1.0'.
3>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\xunit.extensions.1.9.2'.
3>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\xunit.1.9.2'.
3>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error : Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Moq.4.0.10827'.
3>C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.targets(89,9): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\.nuget\nuget.exe" install "C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\test\Identity.Test\packages.config" -source "http://myget.org/F/owin;https://nuget.org/api/v2/"  -RequireConsent -solutionDir "C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ "" exited with code 1.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 3 failed, 1 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

It seems there is a problem with the following directory paths which contain the \ \ part, but I don't know why is it included in the path:

C:\Users\MyUserName\Source\Repos\AspNetIdentity\ \packages\Moq.4.0.10827

Answer 1

Build Microsoft.AspNet.Identity from source, throws error when resolving packages

The issue is under RestoreCommand of the nuget.targets file.

And by default, SolutionDir property contains \. And in the command, it will make the MSBuild unable to find the package address.

Besides, I noticed that:

-solutionDir "$(SolutionDir) "</RestoreCommand>

there is a space between SolutionDir and ", you should delete it.

Solution

change to use this in nuget.targets file:

<SolutionDir1>$(SolutionDir.Trim('\'))</SolutionDir1>

<RestoreCommand>$(NuGetCommand) install "$(PackagesConfig)" -source "$(PackageSources)"  $(RequireConsentSwitch) -solutionDir "$(SolutionDir1)"</RestoreCommand>

When you finish it, you should close VS and then restart your project to reload the new csproj file to enable your changes.

Notice: use a new property SolutionDir1 which removes that \ and then use it in the command.