No executable found matching command “dotnet-tool”

Question

I'm trying to install Fake from the official site with the following command (provided at the site):

dotnet tool install fake-cli -g

But I am getting the following error:

No executable found matching command "dotnet-tool"

My dotnet version is 2.1.201, and I am running Windows 10 Professional, with all of the latest updates.

Answer 1

The dotnet tool command is only installed with the release of .NET Core SDK version 2.1.300 and later. You need to update your SDK to make this command available.

Answer 2

In addition to DavidG answer:

To check .NET Core SDK versions installed run

dotnet --info

Even if the required SDK version is installed you may also need to switch to the required dotnet core SDK version by setting  sdk section in global.json as described in Switch between dotnet core SDK versions , e.g.

{
   "sdk": { "version": "2.1.403"  }
}