NuGet Packages for Selenium 2 WebDriver won't install in Visual Studio 2010

Question

I'm trying to get Selenium 2 WebDriver up and running locally on Windows 7. For some reason I am unable to install my NuGet packages I downloaded from here:

http://www.nuget.org/packages/Selenium.WebDriver/2.17.0

Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Visual Studio 2010 > Tools > Library Package Manager > Package Manager Console

PM> Get-Package -ListAvailable -Filter DotNetZip

Id                             Version              Description/Release Notes                                                                                                                                                      
--                             -------              -------------------------                                                                                                                                                      
DotNetZip                      1.9.1.8              DotNetZip is an easy-to-use, FAST, FREE class library and toolset for manipulating zip files or folders.                                                                       
DotNetZip.Reduced              1.9.1.8              DotNetZip is an easy-to-use, FAST, FREE class library and toolset for manipulating zip files or folders.                                                                       


PM> Install-Package DotNetZip
Install-Package : The current environment doesn't have a solution open.
At line:1 char:16
+ Install-Package <<<<  DotNetZip
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Install-Package], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetNoActiveSolution,NuGet.PowerShell.Commands.InstallPackageCommand

Answer 1

Try having a solution open when running install as per the message.

Install-Package : The current environment doesn't have a solution open.

Answer 2

At first, it had a corrupted NuGet install. When I tried uninstalling NuGet, it gave me an error that said, "cannot create a file when that file already exists". I had to close Visual Studio 2010 and go into folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft Corporation" and delete the extension explicitly from there. Then re-install "NuGet.Tools.vsix".

Then I had to make sure I had a solution open in Visual Studio 2010. That solved it.

Answer 3

I had the same problem.

Try going to...

Visual Studio 2010 > Tools > Library Package Manager > Manage Nuget Packages

instead, then search on selenium.

It worked for me. If you dont have the Manage Nuget Packages option. Try uninstalling then reinstalling the nuget package manager. I noticed I had to do this on some machines.

Answer 4

Try saving your solution before installing Nuget packages