Frequent 'nuget' Questions

21 votes

2 answers

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MSI vs nuget packages: which are is better for continuous delivery?

Let's discuss following topic. There is application which currently is being deployed with good to know xcopy method.This approach makes difficult to manage dependencies, file updates etc. There is ...

Vadym Fedorov

2,435

asked Jul 28, 2014 at 20:57

333 votes

19 answers

317k views

Is it possible to change the location of packages for NuGet?

I have the following convention for most of my projects: /src /Solution.sln /SolutionFolder /Project1 /Project2 /etc.. /lib /Moq moq.dll license....

TheCloudlessSky

18.4k

asked Nov 3, 2010 at 23:58

644 votes

11 answers

1.1m views

How do I install a NuGet package .nupkg file locally to Visual Studio?

I have some .nupkg files from a C# book that I would like to install to Visual Studio. How can I install them? Here is what I see in the Add Library Package Reference window showing no packages, with ...

Tom

16.4k

asked Apr 20, 2012 at 3:56

49 votes

2 answers

110k views

How to install JSON.NET using NuGet?

I am trying to download JSON.NET from NuGet. Is it available? What's the correct command?

the_drow

19.3k

asked Dec 14, 2010 at 22:22

138 votes

17 answers

239k views

NuGet behind a proxy

I figure out that NuGet allows proxy settings configuration since 1.4 version (June 2011). But, I can't find any command line example. I'm trying to run some build and NuGet can't connect. How do I ...

Ricardo

1,639

asked Feb 10, 2012 at 17:34

808 votes

18 answers

857k views

How do I get NuGet to install/update all the packages in the packages.config?

I have a solution with multiple projects in it. Most of the third party references are missing, yet there are packages.config file for each project. How do I get NuGet to install/update all the ...

Samuel Goldenbaum

19k

asked Jul 29, 2011 at 17:23

112 votes

3 answers

151k views

Create nuget package from dlls

I want to create a NuGet package which adds multiple .dll files as references to my project. I have a folder with 10 .dlls files in it. When I install this via nuget, I want these files to be added ...

Danhol86

1,502

asked Apr 7, 2017 at 12:06

451 votes

26 answers

364k views

This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer

I have an ASP.NET MVC5 application that worked yesterday and now I am getting this error when I try to build: This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. I have the ...

Austin Harris

5,440

asked Apr 7, 2014 at 10:14

154 votes

14 answers

115k views

Setting up a common nuget packages folder for all solutions when some projects are included in multiple solutions

I have been using NuGet to retrieve packages from external and internal package sources, which is very convenient. But I have realized that the packages are by default stored per solution, which is ...

Mats Isaksson

1,969

asked Aug 22, 2013 at 9:18

611 votes

47 answers

497k views

Assets file project.assets.json not found. Run a NuGet package restore

I'm trying to use nopCommerce(Which is written in .NET Core) but when I want to run the project I face 52 Errors telling me Run a nuget package restore Assets file ~\obj\project.assets.json' not ...

NeverTrust

6,367

asked Jan 25, 2018 at 10:04

928 votes

8 answers

251k views

Download old version of package with NuGet

Is there a way to download a previous version of a package with NuGet, not the latest one?

ryudice

37.6k

asked Apr 11, 2011 at 23:18

411 votes

5 answers

266k views

How can I install an older version of a package via NuGet?

I want to install an older version of a package (Newtonsoft.Json). But NuGet rolls back: PM> Install-Package Newtonsoft.Json -Version 4.0.5 Successfully installed 'Newtonsoft.Json 4.0.5'. Install ...

Nebide Yildiz

4,131

asked Apr 18, 2012 at 8:59

20 votes

4 answers

25k views

How can I set the 'copy to output directory' property in my nuspec file?

Please consider the following nuspec file: <?xml version="1.0"?> <package > [SOME METADATA] <files> <file src="bin\x64\$configuration$\GR*.filetype" target="content\" /&...

user1017882

asked Jun 25, 2017 at 15:19

356 votes

12 answers

109k views

Get TFS to ignore my packages folder

I'm trying to get TFS (2013) to ignore my packages folder. I passionately don't want it source controlled as I'm using NuGet and it's great! I've tried cloaking (doesn't seem to work), I've tried ...

Matt

5,657

asked Jun 10, 2014 at 14:43

344 votes

37 answers

384k views

NuGet Packages are missing

I searched this problem but none of the solutions worked. I have Visual Studio Professional 2015 installed and I am using TFS. My NuGet version is 3.1.6. This problem is happening only in my C# Web ...

Ques Tion

3,435

asked Aug 27, 2015 at 16:05

94 votes

8 answers

115k views

Add a package with a local package file in 'dotnet'

Using the dotnet command line tool, how can I add a reference to an existing local package that is not downloaded with NuGet? I have tried adding a local package to a project bar with dotnet: dotnet ...

sakra

66.6k

asked Apr 13, 2017 at 19:16

224 votes

5 answers

78k views

Retargeting solution from .Net 4.0 to 4.5 - how to retarget the NuGet packages?

I have migrated a solution that is currently targeting .NET 4.0 in VS2010 to VS2012 and now I would like to re-target it to .Net 4.5 What I am not sure about is the NuGet packages. For example EF5, ...

Ivan Zlatev

13.3k

asked Aug 17, 2012 at 13:42

149 votes

15 answers

91k views

How to view a NuGet package's dependency hierarchy

How can I view the hierarchy of dependencies between NuGet packages (either textual or graphically)?

Neil Barnwell

42.3k

asked Jul 11, 2011 at 17:01

93 votes

11 answers

128k views

How can I fix assembly version conflicts with JSON.NET after updating NuGet package references in a new ASP.NET MVC 5 project?

I created a new ASP.NET MVC 5 web project in VS 2013 (Update 1) then updated all NuGet packages. When I build the project, I get the following warning: warning MSB3243: No way to resolve conflict ...

Jim Lamb

25.9k

asked Feb 1, 2014 at 12:31

78 votes

10 answers

74k views

NuGet Package Manager: 'AutoMapper' already has a dependency defined for 'Microsoft.CSharp'

I'm trying to add AutoMapper as a dependency to a project using NuGet on Visual Studio Premium 2012, but it fails. It says: Operation failed 'AutoMapper' already has a dependency defined for '...

pomber

24.1k

asked Jul 7, 2016 at 14:22

59 votes

4 answers

12k views

Why does my .NET Standard NuGet package trigger so many dependencies?

I've been mucking about with a .NET Standard project and NuGet. I've got a working project and have uploaded it to NuGet.org. My project targets .NET Standard 1.3, which should support .NET Framework ...

Tom Wright

11.5k

asked Nov 18, 2017 at 10:42

40 votes

6 answers

38k views

Include all dependencies using dotnet pack

Is there any way to force dotnet pack to include all referenced assemblies (all dependencies in project.json)? I believe this is related: https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1290 https://github.com/...

Marcus

8,688

asked Nov 3, 2016 at 7:42

28 votes

5 answers

78k views

Unable to load the service index for source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json in VS2017?

I am getting this error: [nuget.org] Unable to load the service index for source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json. An error occurred while sending the request. Unable to connect to the remote ...

Ajit Pawar

281

asked Sep 30, 2017 at 6:00

25 votes

4 answers

17k views

Project reference VS NuGet

How should I reference to another project A from project B in the same solution? What do I gain and what do I lose if I: Add the reference to project A as a project reference. Install the NuGet ...

ʃʈɑɲ

2,694

asked Jan 30, 2018 at 15:55

1 vote

1 answer

3k views

Include ONLY .xml file of SPECIFIC nuget package in a different folder

We have a project (ProjectAbc) in a solution which is referencing a nuget package (which is our different project [ProjectXyz] from other solution). We use .net core framework and package reference to ...

Vicky

744

asked Aug 10, 2020 at 22:41

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MSI vs nuget packages: which are is better for continuous delivery?

Is it possible to change the location of packages for NuGet?

How do I install a NuGet package .nupkg file locally to Visual Studio?

How to install JSON.NET using NuGet?

NuGet behind a proxy

How do I get NuGet to install/update all the packages in the packages.config?

Create nuget package from dlls

This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer

Setting up a common nuget packages folder for all solutions when some projects are included in multiple solutions

Assets file project.assets.json not found. Run a NuGet package restore

Download old version of package with NuGet

How can I install an older version of a package via NuGet?

How can I set the 'copy to output directory' property in my nuspec file?

Get TFS to ignore my packages folder

NuGet Packages are missing

Add a package with a local package file in 'dotnet'

Retargeting solution from .Net 4.0 to 4.5 - how to retarget the NuGet packages?

How to view a NuGet package's dependency hierarchy

How can I fix assembly version conflicts with JSON.NET after updating NuGet package references in a new ASP.NET MVC 5 project?

NuGet Package Manager: 'AutoMapper' already has a dependency defined for 'Microsoft.CSharp'

Why does my .NET Standard NuGet package trigger so many dependencies?

Include all dependencies using dotnet pack

Unable to load the service index for source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json in VS2017?

Project reference VS NuGet

Include ONLY .xml file of SPECIFIC nuget package in a different folder

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