How to install NUnit for C# with NuGet Package Manager on Visual Studio 2015

Question

I have Visual Studio 2015. I want to add NUnit's tests for C# project with NuGet Package Manager, and I want to have possibility of running tests with Visual Studio and in Visual Studio.

First I create new C# project: menu File → New → Project → Installed → Templates → Visual C# → Console Application → OK.
Then I install NUnit: menu Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution... Then I install packages:
- NUnit
- NUnit.Runner
- NUnitTestAdapter
In the output I see:
```
Successfully installed 'NUnit 3.0.0-beta-4' to Tmp.
Successfully installed 'NUnit.Runners 2.6.4' to Tmp.
Successfully installed 'NUnitTestAdapter 2.0.0' to Tmp.
```

The next step I do is adding new class with code: Right click on project → Add → Class → Visual C# Items → Class name Tests.cs → Add

Then I use below code:

namespace NUnit.Tests
{
    using System;
    using NUnit.Framework;

    [TestFixture]
    public class Tests
    {
        [Test]
        public void t1()
        {
        }
        [Test]
        public void t2()
        {
        }
    }
}

And finally when I press RunAll on Test Explorer I see:

------ Discover test started ------
NUnit VS Adapter 2.0.0.0 discovering tests is started
Attempt to load assembly with unsupported test framework in  C:\Users\Grzegorz\Desktop\Tmp\Tmp\bin\Debug\Tmp.exe
NUnit VS Adapter 2.0.0.0 discovering test is finished
========== Discover test finished: 0 found (0:00:00,0720041) ==========

No tests are being discovered.

The strange thing is that I found no tutorial when anybody uses NuGet to install NUnit in Visual Studio 2015 and run tests in Visual Studio.

I have installed NUnit and NUnitTestAdapter successfully. How to install NUnit.Runner? — Ripon Al Wasim, Jul 22 '16 at 14:19
You can visit the link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35056195/unsupported-test-framework-error-in-nunit/38636695#38636695 — Ripon Al Wasim, Jul 28 '16 at 12:56

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '15 at 13:06

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It looks like you are using NUnit 3 beta. From the error message I'd guess the test runner doesn't support it. Try changing the NUnit package to a 2.x version and see if that makes a difference.

answered Oct 12 '15 at 13:06

Richard Matheson

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It worked!!! I've installed not beta NUnit: "Successfully installed 'NUnit 2.6.4' to Tmp." and it discovered tests – baziorek Oct 12 '15 at 16:14
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For those wondering how to install 2.6.4 in VS2013, since the UI only allows the latest (3+) version, run this in the Package Manager Console: `Install-Package NUnit -Version 2.6.4 -ProjectName ` – makhdumi Jan 04 '16 at 22:46
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For reference test adapter 3 has now been released. Install-Package NUnit3TestAdapter – niico May 09 '16 at 20:46

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 11 '19 at 22:31

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I had the same issue, and my colleague solved it by installing:

NUnit3 Test Adapter

edited Jul 11 '19 at 22:31

Peter Mortensen

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answered Mar 18 '16 at 09:56

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How to install NUnit for C# with NuGet Package Manager on Visual Studio 2015

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