Question

I am trying to install the EnterpriseLibrary for Transient Fault Handling. This is a Microsoft package. When i try to install it I am getting the following error :

Install failed. Rolling back...
Install-Package : The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 char
acters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters.
At line:1 char:16
+ Install-Package <<<<  EnterpriseLibrary.WindowsAzure.TransientFaultHandling
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], PathTooLongException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PowerShell.Commands.InstallPackageCommand

I have tried selecting the package from the Nuget ui. I have tried manually installing the package using the Nuget command line.

I have tried manually installing the dependencies one by one. It fails on the same package every time.

My project location is the default MyDocuments/visualstudio/projects location.

Any ideas ?

Answer 1

It looks like your project path is long enough that when the package is installed, adding the package folder fails because it reached the qualified name length limit.

I mean :
[drive]:\Users[user]\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects[yourproject]\packages\ +
\EnterpriseLibrary.WindowsAzure.TransientFaultHandling\
has more than the limit.

Can you move you project somewhere else ?