Is anyone having problems installing?

[Guyz1]

Squirrel version(s) Which version(s) of the project are you using? The latest version available on nuget

Description I am using visual studio 2015. My project properties targets .net framework 4.7.2

Steps to recreate

1. Right click on solution and go to manage nuget packages
2. Search for squirrel windows
3. click install
4. I'm getting error..it fails to install.

Expected behavior Install squirrel windows

Actual behavior I get the error message:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error Invalid static method invocation syntax: "[MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools')". Method '[MSBuild]::NormalizePath' not found. Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(a, b)). E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages\squirrel.windows.1.9.1\build\squirrel.windows.props 0

Additional information Here is the output while installing:

Attempting to gather dependency information for package 'squirrel.windows.1.9.1' with respect to project 'Library Management System', targeting '.NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2' Attempting to resolve dependencies for package 'squirrel.windows.1.9.1' with DependencyBehavior 'Lowest' Resolving actions to install package 'squirrel.windows.1.9.1' Resolved actions to install package 'squirrel.windows.1.9.1' Adding package 'DeltaCompressionDotNet.1.1.0' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Added package 'DeltaCompressionDotNet.1.1.0' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Added package 'DeltaCompressionDotNet.1.1.0' to 'packages.config' Successfully installed 'DeltaCompressionDotNet 1.1.0' to Library Management System Adding package 'Mono.Cecil.0.9.6.1' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Added package 'Mono.Cecil.0.9.6.1' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Added package 'Mono.Cecil.0.9.6.1' to 'packages.config' Successfully installed 'Mono.Cecil 0.9.6.1' to Library Management System Adding package 'SharpCompress.0.17.1' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Added package 'SharpCompress.0.17.1' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Added package 'SharpCompress.0.17.1' to 'packages.config' Successfully installed 'SharpCompress 0.17.1' to Library Management System Adding package 'Splat.1.6.2' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Added package 'Splat.1.6.2' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Added package 'Splat.1.6.2' to 'packages.config' Successfully installed 'Splat 1.6.2' to Library Management System Adding package 'squirrel.windows.1.9.1' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Added package 'squirrel.windows.1.9.1' to folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Install failed. Rolling back... Package 'squirrel.windows.1.9.1 : DeltaCompressionDotNet [1.1.0, 2.0.0), Mono.Cecil [0.9.6.1, ), SharpCompress [0.17.1, 0.17.1], Splat [1.6.2, )' does not exist in project 'Library Management System' Removed package 'Splat.1.6.2' from 'packages.config' Removed package 'SharpCompress.0.17.1' from 'packages.config' Removed package 'Mono.Cecil.0.9.6.1' from 'packages.config' Removed package 'DeltaCompressionDotNet.1.1.0' from 'packages.config' Removing package 'squirrel.windows.1.9.1 : DeltaCompressionDotNet [1.1.0, 2.0.0), Mono.Cecil [0.9.6.1, ), SharpCompress [0.17.1, 0.17.1], Splat [1.6.2, )' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Removed package 'squirrel.windows.1.9.1 : DeltaCompressionDotNet [1.1.0, 2.0.0), Mono.Cecil [0.9.6.1, ), SharpCompress [0.17.1, 0.17.1], Splat [1.6.2, )' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Removing package 'Splat.1.6.2' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Removed package 'Splat.1.6.2' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Removing package 'SharpCompress.0.17.1' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Removed package 'SharpCompress.0.17.1' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Removing package 'Mono.Cecil.0.9.6.1' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Removed package 'Mono.Cecil.0.9.6.1' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Removing package 'DeltaCompressionDotNet.1.1.0' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Removed package 'DeltaCompressionDotNet.1.1.0' from folder 'E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages' Microsoft.Build.Exceptions.InvalidProjectFileException: Invalid static method invocation syntax: "[MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools')". Method '[MSBuild]::NormalizePath' not found. Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(a, b)). E:\College\·Diploma\Semester 6\FYP\Coding\Final\after SQLITE\after UI changes\after setup\convert to materialskin\Library Management System\packages\squirrel.windows.1.9.1\build\squirrel.windows.props at Microsoft.Build.Shared.ProjectErrorUtilities.ThrowInvalidProject(String errorSubCategoryResourceName, IElementLocation elementLocation, String resourceName, Object[] args) at Microsoft.Build.Shared.ProjectErrorUtilities.VerifyThrowInvalidProject(Boolean condition, String errorSubCategoryResourceName, IElementLocation elementLocation, String resourceName, Object arg0, Object arg1) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Expander2.Function1.Execute(Object objectInstance, IPropertyProvider1 properties, ExpanderOptions options, IElementLocation elementLocation) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Expander2.PropertyExpander1.ExpandPropertyBody(String propertyBody, Object propertyValue, IPropertyProvider1 properties, ExpanderOptions options, IElementLocation elementLocation, UsedUninitializedProperties usedUninitializedProperties) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Expander2.PropertyExpander1.ExpandPropertiesLeaveTypedAndEscaped(String expression, IPropertyProvider1 properties, ExpanderOptions options, IElementLocation elementLocation, UsedUninitializedProperties usedUninitializedProperties) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Expander2.PropertyExpander1.ExpandPropertiesLeaveEscaped(String expression, IPropertyProvider1 properties, ExpanderOptions options, IElementLocation elementLocation, UsedUninitializedProperties usedUninitializedProperties) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Expander2.ExpandIntoStringLeaveEscaped(String expression, ExpanderOptions options, IElementLocation elementLocation) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator4.EvaluatePropertyElement(ProjectPropertyElement propertyElement) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator4.EvaluatePropertyGroupElement(ProjectPropertyGroupElement propertyGroupElement) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator4.PerformDepthFirstPass(ProjectRootElement currentProjectOrImport) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator4.EvaluateImportElement(String directoryOfImportingFile, ProjectImportElement importElement) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator4.PerformDepthFirstPass(ProjectRootElement currentProjectOrImport) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator4.Evaluate() at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Evaluator4.Evaluate(IEvaluatorData4 data, ProjectRootElement root, ProjectLoadSettings loadSettings, Int32 maxNodeCount, PropertyDictionary1 environmentProperties, ILoggingService loggingService, IItemFactory`2 itemFactory, IToolsetProvider toolsetProvider, ProjectRootElementCache projectRootElementCache, BuildEventContext buildEventContext, ProjectInstance projectInstanceIfAnyForDebuggerOnly) at Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project.ReevaluateIfNecessary(ILoggingService loggingServiceForEvaluation) at NuGet.PackageManagement.VisualStudio.MicrosoftBuildEvaluationProjectUtility.AddImportStatement(Project msBuildProject, String targetsPath, ImportLocation location) at NuGet.PackageManagement.VisualStudio.VSMSBuildNuGetProjectSystem.<>c__DisplayClass39_0.<b0>d.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.JoinableTask.CompleteOnCurrentThread() at NuGet.PackageManagement.VisualStudio.VSMSBuildNuGetProjectSystem.AddImport(String targetFullPath, ImportLocation location) at NuGet.ProjectManagement.MSBuildNuGetProject.d33.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ValidateEnd(Task task) at NuGet.PackageManagement.NuGetPackageManager.d54.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at NuGet.PackageManagement.NuGetPackageManager.d54.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at NuGet.PackageManagement.UI.UIActionEngine.d8.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at NuGet.PackageManagement.UI.UIActionEngine.d6.MoveNext() ========== Finished ==========

EDIT: I also tried reinstalling visual studio 2015 and rebooted. Still same problem

[keytrap-x86]

Seems to be a VS2015 issue. Can you upgrade to VS2019 ?

[owns]

Hello @Guyz1 . I had this problem with vs2015. I was lucky enough to upgrade, but I still remember my work-around.

1. manually download the nuget package
2. extract the package to your nuget cache accordingly (see how the other packages looks and follow the pattern).
   • if it's the older package style, you'll have a packages folder in your project.
   • if it's the new PackageReference style, you'll want to extract to your nuget cache folder, usually ~\.nuget\packages
3. in the package root, edit the file builds/squirrel.windows.props
   • replace [MSBuild]::NormalizePath with [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath
4. Open your project and try adding the package. It should use the cached version you made changes to.