From 889cbb6437afbdfe39379d893e95c6f7feb9295e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Li Li Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:45:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] .NET CLI tools need to be in path for VS Code (#2204) --- docs/debugging/README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/debugging/README.md b/docs/debugging/README.md index 636c1378ad..53fa3911ab 100644 --- a/docs/debugging/README.md +++ b/docs/debugging/README.md @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ addition to being able to build PowerShell, you need: - .NET Core debugger installed (semi-automatic) - `powershell` executable in your path (self-host if not on Windows) +The .NET CLI tools *must* be on your path for Visual Studio Code. +`Start-PSBootstrap` installs the tools to `~/.dotnet`, +but does not add this to your `PATH`. +You can do this in Bash with `export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.dotnet`. + Once the extension is installed, you have to open a C# file to force VS Code to install the actual .NET Core debugger (the editor will tell you to do this if you attempt to debug and haven't already open a C# file).