Hudson : warning MSB3245: Could not locate the assembly "nunit.framework"

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I'm working in a Virtual Machine as a Hudson Slave. In the virtual machine, I add the path to the MSBuild I want to use : ``` %SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\; ``` I added also the path to NUnit : ``` C:\Program Files\NUnit 2.5.7\bin et-2.0; ``` And so, I can run the NUnit and MSBuild command lines in my VM. But I get this error when my Hudson Job build my solution : ``` C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Microsoft.Common.targets : warning MSB3245: Could not resolve this reference. Could not locate the assembly "nunit.framework". ``` What should I fix in my VM or in Hudson? Thank you a lot! EDIT Here how the concerned file *.csproj references to the dll : ``` False Dll unit.framework.dll ```

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The issue isn't the nunit-console.exe (or whatever the name). The issue is that you cannot find nunit.framework.dll...as a reference in your project file (.csproj for C#). Your unit-test project, you need to open it and find how/where the reference to the nunit.framwork.dll is wired. Post the `.csproj` code if that is confusing. EDIT: ``` Dll unit.framework.dll ``` The issue is that you need to "download" or copy or svn-export or svn-checkout or nuget-get that file. And place it in the relative directory to your .csproj. Because you have specified a HintPath, it will NOT find the one in this below directory: ``` C:\Program Files (x86)\NUnit 2.X.Y\bin unit.framework.dll ``` Basically, the `HintPath` says "I expect to find this file HERE", and your MSBUILD error says "I did not find it where the `HintPath` said it would be."

Hudson : warning MSB3245: Could not locate the assembly "nunit.framework"

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