ASP.NET Core 2.0 InvalidOperationException: Cannot find compilation library location for package '<assemblyname>' - asp.net-core

Question

I have an ASP.NET Core 2.0 Razor Pages project. I am using Visual Studio 2017.
I have added one of our in-house assemblies to the project (it contains common definitions, types and functions etc). The project compiles but when I attempt to run it I get the following error.
Here is my .csproj file
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
<Version>2018.3.12.6</Version>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="JWT" Version="3.1.1" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.All" Version="2.0.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="2.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design" Version="2.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools" Version="2.0.0" />
<DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools" Version="2.0.0" />
<DotNetCliToolReference Include="dotnet-setversion" Version="*" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="Common">
<HintPath>..\packages\Common.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
Here's my Visual Studio 2017 project showing the assembly in the project.
Googling the error doesn't provide much useful information.
How do I add a reference to a custom assembly in an ASP.NET Core 2.0 Razor Pages project?

Answer 1

I fixed the same issue by installing Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel, version 2.0.3.

Answer 2

The solution to the problem has been posted here https://github.com/dotnet/core-setup/issues/2981
See the top comment (by tuespetre) and then the update just further down (also by tuespetre). This worked for me.