Install Nuget Package from Network Drive with Cake

Question

We have some nuget packages on a network drive that I'd like to be able to reference in my Cake script. The absolute path to the drive looks something like this:

\\MyDrive\NuGet\Packages\mypackage.nupkg

Is there any way to reference this package using preprocessor directives as explained here: http://cakebuild.net/docs/fundamentals/preprocessor-directives#tool-directive

If not, how would I go about doing it without preprocessor directives? Thanks.

I don't know anything about cake but you can list alternate package sources in a NuGet.config file. So if you can do a nuget restore it should work. — Crowcoder, Jul 19 '17 at 19:55

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 19 '17 at 20:12

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The Cake pre-processor directive, in addition to the http protocol, also supports the file protocol. As a result, you can so something like the following

#tool nuget:file://localhost/packages/?package=restsharp

answered Jul 19 '17 at 20:12

Gary Ewan Park

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Thanks Gary! Worked as expected – Ryan Jul 19 '17 at 21:00
Woot! If you wouldn't mind, could you raise an issue on the website repository (https://github.com/cake-build/website) as I think we should add this into the main docs. – Gary Ewan Park Jul 19 '17 at 21:02
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Sure, no problem – Ryan Jul 21 '17 at 22:01

Install Nuget Package from Network Drive with Cake

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