# NuGet packaging system
# Uninstalling a package from one project in a solution
PM> Uninstall-Package -ProjectName MyProjectB EntityFramework
# Installing a specific version of a package
PM> Install-Package EntityFramework -Version 6.1.2
# Installing the NuGet Package Manager
In order to be able to manage your projects' packages, you need the NuGet Package Manager. This is a Visual Studio Extension, explained in the official docs: Installing and Updating NuGet Client (opens new window).
Starting with Visual Studio 2012, NuGet is included in every edition, and can be used from: Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console.
You do so through the Tools menu of Visual Studio, clicking Extensions and Updates:
This installs both the GUI:
- Available through clicking "Manage NuGet Packages..." on a project or its References folder
And the Package Manager Console:
- Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console.
# Adding a package source feed (MyGet, Klondike, ect)
nuget sources add -name feedname -source http://sourcefeedurl
# Managing Packages through the UI
When you right-click a project (or its References folder), you can click the "Manage NuGet Packages..." option. This shows the Package Manager Dialog (opens new window).
# Managing Packages through the console
Click the menus Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console to show the console in your IDE. Official documentation here (opens new window).
Here you can issue, amongst others, install-package
commands which installs the entered package into the currently selected "Default project":
Install-Package Elmah
You can also provide the project to install the package to, overriding the selected project in the "Default project" dropdown:
Install-Package Elmah -ProjectName MyFirstWebsite
# Updating a package
To update a package use the following command:
PM> Update-Package EntityFramework
where EntityFramework is the name of the package to be updated. Note that update will run for all projects, and so is different from Install-Package EntityFramework
which would install to "Default project" only.
You can also specify a single project explicitly:
PM> Update-Package EntityFramework -ProjectName MyFirstWebsite
# Uninstalling a package
PM> Uninstall-Package EntityFramework
# uninstall a specific version of package
PM> uninstall-Package EntityFramework -Version 6.1.2
# Using different (local) Nuget package sources using UI
It is common for company to set up it's own nuget server for distribution of packages across different teams.
- Go to Solution Explorer and click Right Mouse button then choose
Manage NuGet Packages for Solution
- In window that opens click on
Settings
- Click on
+
in top right corner then add name and url that points to your local nuget server.
# Remarks
NuGet is the package manager for the Microsoft development platform including .NET. The NuGet client tools provide the ability to produce and consume packages. The NuGet Gallery is the central package repository used by all package authors and consumers.
Images in examples courtesy of NuGet.org (opens new window).