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NuGet is a free, open source developer focused package management system for the .NET platform.

NuGet is a free open source developer focused package management system for the .NET platform intent on simplifying the process of incorporating third party libraries into a .NET application during development. NuGet is a member of the ASP.NET Gallery in the Outercurve Foundation.

Get started on nuget.org and find documentation on docs.nuget.org

To see NuGet in action, watch this video from MvcConf 2 and this one from DevDays 2011 Netherlands.

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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 very frustrating when some projects with NuGet…
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How to download a Nuget package without nuget.exe or Visual Studio extension?

How can I download a NuGet package? I don't have the NuGet Visual Studio extension or the command line program nuget.exe. How can I download the .nupack file from the web? As I understand I will be able to extract the .dll files from it (with 7-zip)…
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remove nuget package restore from solution

I added the recent nuget package restore feature to a solution using 'Enable NuGet Package Restore': http://docs.nuget.org/docs/workflows/using-nuget-without-committing-packages However it broke my build server and I didn't have the time to fix it,…
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nuget 'packages' element is not declared warning

not a showstopper but when using nuget in a project, it creates a packages.config file with this shape ... your packages this gives a warning in VS The 'packages' element is not…
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Add native files from NuGet package to project output directory

I'm trying to create NuGet package for a .Net assembly which does pinvoke to a native win32 dll. I need to pack both the assembly and the native dll with the assembly added to the project references (no problem at this part) and the native dll…
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.net Core 2.0 - Package was restored using .NetFramework 4.6.1 instead of target framework .netCore 2.0. The package may not be fully compatible

I have a .net core 2.0 console app. I'm trying to read files from TFS using the following: How to get a file from TFS directly into memory (i.e., don't want to read from file system into memory)? I head over to nuget and install…
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Can I publish a private NuGet package?

I have an assembly that I have made which is very specific to my team at my company. I want to be able to use NuGet to make this assembly avaiable to other projects that my team and similar teams at my company are working on. However, the assembly…
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Extracting Nupkg files using command line

Firstly, I do not want to use Visual Studio at all when dealing with the certain .nupkg files. I know there is a tool called NuGet Package Explorer and this can export nupkg files to a certain file location using a gui, but I'm looking to setup a…
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Where can I find a NuGet package for upgrading to System.Web.Http v5.0.0.0?

Just upgraded an ASP.NET MVC4 project to use Unity.WebApi version 5.0.0.0 and it requires System.Web.Http v 5.0.0.0 as per the following error: Assembly 'Unity.WebApi, Version=5.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=43da31bc42a85347' uses…
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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 configure the proxy settings on the command line?
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Packing NuGet projects compiled in release mode?

Is there some way to make a NuGet package using code compiled in release mode? Or is there some reason I should only publish (make available locally, in this case) packages compiled in debug mode? Every time I call nuget pack from my project…
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EF Code First: How do I see 'EntityValidationErrors' property from the nuget package console?

I'm at a loss for this: I've defined my classes for a entity framework (4.1.3) code first approach. Everything was fine (I was creating the tables etc.) until I started to Seed. Now when I do the Add-Migration "remigrate" ; Update-Database; I get…
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View NuGet package dependency hierarchy

Is there a way, either textual or graphical, to view the hierarchy of dependencies between NuGet packages?
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How do you include Xml Docs for a class library in a NuGet package?

I am creating a NuGet package for a C# class library, and I would like to include generated Xml Documentation with the library. This is my nuspec file: MyLibrary …
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NuGet auto package restore does not work with MSBuild

I'm trying to build a solution with packages content missing (except repositories.config inside) with MSBuild 12.0. I expect it to auto restore all missing packages before building but this is not the case - MsBuild reports tons of errors: "are…
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