wcf: cannot install dotnet-svcutil

Describe the bug I am attempting to consume a WCF service in my asp.net core web application.

When I attempt to add a Connected Service, I receive these errors:

Importing web service metadata … Number of service endpoints found: 2 Scaffolding service reference code … Error:Could not execute because the specified command or file was not found. Error:Possible reasons for this include: Error: * You misspelled a built-in dotnet command. Error: * You intended to execute a .NET Core program, but dotnet-svcutil-lib does not exist. Error: * You intended to run a global tool, but a dotnet-prefixed executable with this name could not be found on the PATH. Done.

Thus, I am attempting to update the asp.net core web application client as suggested here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/additional-tools/dotnet-svcutil-guide?tabs=dotnetsvcutil2x

When I attempt to install the above as suggested I receive the following errors (see https://www.nuget.org/packages/dotnet-svcutil):

PM> dotnet tool install --global dotnet-svcutil --version 2.0.1
dotnet : Failed to install tool package 'dotnet-svcutil': Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\rmoore\.dotnet\tools\.store\.stage\c5nihhp2.0fj\dotnet-svcutil'.
At line:1 char:1
+ dotnet tool install --global dotnet-svcutil --version 2.0.1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (Failed to insta...otnet-svcutil'.:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
Tool 'dotnet-svcutil' failed to install. This failure may have been caused by:

* You are attem
pting to install a preview release and did not use the --version option to specify the version.
* A package by this name was found, but it was not a .NET Core tool.
* The required NuGet feed cannot be accessed, perhaps because of an Internet connection problem.
* You mistyped the name of the tool.

When I attempt to install dotnet-svcutil using “Extensions and Updates” in Visual Studio, I get these errors:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error NU1212 Invalid project-package combination for dotnet-svcutil 2.0.1. DotnetToolReference project style can only contain references of the DotnetTool type MyCorp.CRM.Web C:\Projects\MyApp\MyCorp.CRM.Web\MyCorp.CRM.Web.csproj 1 Error Package ‘dotnet-svcutil 2.0.1’ has a package type ‘DotnetTool’ that is not supported by project ‘MyCorp.CRM.Web’. Error NU1202 Package dotnet-svcutil 2.0.1 is not compatible with netcoreapp2.2 (.NETCoreApp,Version=v2.2). Package dotnet-svcutil 2.0.1 supports: netcoreapp2.1 (.NETCoreApp,Version=v2.1) / any MyCorp.CRM.Web C:\Projects\MyApp\MyCorp.CRM.Web\MyCorp.CRM.Web.csproj

Expected behavior My ultimate goal is to have a service reference in my asp.net core web application.

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