Westwind.Utilities Fails to install in VS Community 2017 Web API app

[reidsci]

I am running an app that is .NetCore with a Web API, nothing else. I used the suggested installation method. That and the results follow:

PM> Install-Package Westwind.Utilities Restoring packages for C:\Users\Main\Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Projects\mycoreupload\mycoreupload\mycoreupload.csproj... Install-Package : Package Westwind.Utilities 2.71.0 is not compatible with netcoreapp1.1 (.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.1). Package Westwind.Utilities 2.71.0 supports:

• net40 (.NETFramework,Version=v4.0)
• net45 (.NETFramework,Version=v4.5) At line:1 char:1
  • Install-Package Westwind.Utilities
  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PackageManagement.PowerShellCmdlets.InstallPackageCommand

Install-Package : One or more packages are incompatible with .NETCoreApp,Version=v1.1. At line:1 char:1

• Install-Package Westwind.Utilities

• 
  + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], Exception
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PackageManagement.PowerShellCmdlets.InstallPackageCommand

Install-Package : Package restore failed. Rolling back package changes for 'mycoreupload'. At line:1 char:1

• Install-Package Westwind.Utilities

• 
  + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], Exception
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PackageManagement.PowerShellCmdlets.InstallPackageCommand

[RickStrahl]

You're installing into a .NET Core project and that's not going to work as that's not a supported target.

We'll look at porting to .NET Core once .NET Standard 2.0 will be available to look at and work with.

[RickStrahl]

FWIW, West Wind Utilities is now available as a separate project with support for .NET Core 2.0.

https://github.com/RickStrahl/Westwind.Utilities