Error: Unable to Find 'Kentico.Xperience.DancingGoat' Template While Running dotnet new Command

2025/01/07 6:36 AM

When attempting to run the command dotnet new kentico-xperience-sample-mvc -n DancingGoatXbyK, an error occurs. The template cannot be found, and the process fails with the following output:

Could not find the template package containing template 'Kentico.Xperience.DancingGoat' Could not find the template package containing template 'Kentico.Xperience.DancingGoat' Sequence contains more than one matching element at System.Linq.ThrowHelper.ThrowMoreThanOneMatchException() at System.Linq.Enumerable.TryGetSingle[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate, Boolean& found) at System.Linq.Enumerable.Single[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate) at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Settings.TemplatePackageManager.GetTemplatePackageAsync(ITemplateInfo template, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.CliTemplateInfo.GetManagedTemplatePackageAsync(TemplatePackageManager templatePackageManager, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.TemplateInvoker.InvokeTemplateAsync(TemplateCommandArgs templateArgs, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.Commands.TemplateCommand.InvokeAsync(ParseResult parseResult, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.Commands.InstantiateCommand.HandleTemplateInstantiationAsync(InstantiateCommandArgs args, IEngineEnvironmentSettings environmentSettings, TemplatePackageManager templatePackageManager, TemplateGroup templateGroup, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.Commands.InstantiateCommand.ExecuteIntAsync(InstantiateCommandArgs instantiateArgs, IEngineEnvironmentSettings environmentSettings, TemplatePackageManager templatePackageManager, ParseResult parseResult, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.Commands.BaseCommand`1.CommandAction.InvokeAsync(ParseResult parseResult, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

This prevents the successful creation of the sample MVC application.

Environment

  • Xperience by Kentico version: 29.3.0
  • .NET version: 8
  • Execution environment: Local

Additional Information

  • Verified that the Kentico Xperience template package is installed.
  • Running dotnet new --list does not show the Kentico Xperience templates as available.
  • Attempted reinstalling the Kentico Xperience template package using dotnet new -i Kentico.Xperience.Templates, but the issue persists.

Answers

2025/01/07 12:51 PM
Answer

Do you have the templates installed? You can check by running dotnet new list. If you installed the templates but they didn't install correctly, you can uninstall them with dotnet new uninstall kentico.xperience.templates.

If you haven't installed them yet, you need to follow the Xperience installation documentation steps.

There are several commands available from the .NET CLI for managing templates.

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