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Reputation: 6092

Adding a NuGet package to a project without Visual Studio

I'm trying to automate adding NuGet packages to project on a remote server that doesn't have Visual Studio (nor any build servers) installed. I do know how to use NuGet.exe from my C# code, but this executable only downloads packages and doesn't do any other required work (adding references, executing ps scripts etc). What do I do in order to fully install a package?

Note: I don't need to update a package for my own app, I need to add a package to an arbitrary .csproj file on the server. I'm building a Web-based .Net IDE, and need my users to be able to add packages to their projects.

I see two possibilities: one is using some kind of functionality not present in NuGet.exe, but ratherin some other library (maybe a VS addin), but I don't know where to look for it. The other is to simulate some kind of NuGet Powershell console and send commands to it, but again, I don't know how to do that.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5226

Answers (2)

websch01ar
websch01ar

Reputation: 2123

Just to add an additional answer in-line with Alex's post about SharpDevelop, you have a couple different options.

  • Use Nuget.exe (Related Blog post)
  • NuGet Addin for MonoDevelop and Xamarin Studio (see GitHub)
  • ASP.NET Pages using WebMatrix (see this video)

All of this info is from the Nuget FAQ.

Upvotes: 0

Alex Filipovici
Alex Filipovici

Reputation: 32541

You might want to consider SharpDevelop.

Installing NuGet Packages outside of Visual Studio an article about the functionality you are trying to achieve (written by Matt Ward, one of the project contributors) says:

Since NuGet uses PowerShell the simplest approach was to extend the existing PowerShell cmdlets included with SharpDevelop. Now you can write a few lines of PowerShell script to install a NuGet package into a project that has never had a NuGet package before, have the project itself updated and any package PowerShell scripts run. All this from the command line without Visual Studio open.

Upvotes: 1

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