'dnx . kestrel' does not work.

[danieldafoe]

Hey guys, so I've been trying frantically for the last couple nights to get up and running with DNX/DNVM, etc. I'm not having too much luck. I git cloned the repo here onto my desktop, changed into its directory, ran 'dnu restore' and then followed up with the launch command, but it always fails.

I would really appreciate any help you can offer. I can give any further clarification you may need.

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:home danieldafoe$ dnx . kestrel
System.InvalidOperationException: Unable to resolve project 'home' from /Users/danieldafoe/Desktop/home
  at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.ApplicationHostContext..ctor (IServiceProvider serviceProvider, System.String projectDirectory, System.String packagesDirectory, System.String configuration, System.Runtime.Versioning.FrameworkName targetFramework, ICache cache, ICacheContextAccessor cacheContextAccessor, INamedCacheDependencyProvider namedCacheDependencyProvider, IAssemblyLoadContextFactory loadContextFactory, Boolean skipLockFileValidation) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.DefaultHost.Initialize (Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.DefaultHostOptions options, IServiceProvider hostServices) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.DefaultHost..ctor (Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.DefaultHostOptions options, IServiceProvider hostServices) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Microsoft.Framework.ApplicationHost.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke (System.Reflection.MonoMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
  at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
  at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Microsoft.Framework.Runtime.Common.EntryPointExecutor.Execute (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly, System.String[] args, IServiceProvider serviceProvider) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at dnx.host.Bootstrapper.RunAsync (System.Collections.Generic.List`1 args, IRuntimeEnvironment env) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

[danieldafoe]

I'm dumb.

[keithelder]

Same error, what did you do to solve it?

[MihaMarkic]

Just for the record. Most probably OP wasn't in the folder where project.json resides. It'd be nice if people would document their solutions...