Package versions 1.1.0 will not install on .NET Framework

[matt-hensley]

Both base and full distribution package versions 1.1.0 will not install on .NET Framework.

This is a known issue and is being investigated.

Error seen in package manager console:

PM> install-package Grafana.OpenTelemetry.Base


Attempting to gather dependency information for package 'Grafana.OpenTelemetry.Base.1.1.0' with respect to project 'NetFxDistroDemo', targeting '.NETFramework,Version=v4.8.1'
Gathering dependency information took 2.33 sec
Attempting to resolve dependencies for package 'Grafana.OpenTelemetry.Base.1.1.0' with DependencyBehavior 'Lowest'
install-package : Unable to resolve dependency 'OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.GrpcNetClient'. Source(s) used: 
'nuget.org', 'Microsoft Visual Studio Offline Packages'.
At line:1 char:1
+ install-package Grafana.OpenTelemetry.Base
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PackageManagement.PowerShellCmdlets.InstallPackage 
   Command

[matt-hensley]

This is an issue specific to the previous project format that relied on packages.config. The csproj format was changed in 2017, and uses different package resolution rules. The new resolution rules allow for stable packages that have pre-release dependencies, while the older format will not install any pre-release dependencies unless the package is also marked as pre-release.

All .NET projects use the new format, and .NET Framework projects may be upgraded to the newer format.

Please reply to this issue if you encounter this problem with your projects.