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Vladimir V. Klochkov
Vladimir V. Klochkov

Reputation: 3

WiX installer - how can I determine that the NuGet package Manager is already installed in Visual Studio 2012?

I have a custom installer based on WiX technology which is install three .vsix packages into Visual Studio 2012/2013. One of this packages is PostSharp - it needs NuGet Package Manager already installed in Visual Studio. The problem is that the Visual Studio 2013 has NuGet Package Manager by default, but Visual Studio 2012 hasn't.

So, I need to detect is NuGet Package Manager already installed in Visual Studio, and if not - install this package (.vsix) in my custom installer.

Is it possible in WiX ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 640

Answers (1)

Erti-Chris Eelmaa
Erti-Chris Eelmaa

Reputation: 26298

Yes, download the NugetPackageManager.vsix, and reference it in your WiX project:

<Component Id="VSPackageComponent" Guid="E54DBAAF-4961-492C-AA8A-FFE3C4C77BA3">
      <VSExtension:VsixPackage File="VsPackageInstaller"
                               TargetVersion="11.0" <!-- VS2012 -->
                               PackageId="8cc311e8-5f48-4816-b1ee-6c873fe0dc71"
                               Vital="yes" Permanent="no" />
      <File Id="VsPackageInstaller" Name="NugetPackageManager.vsix"
                                    Source="NugetPackageManager.vsix"/>
</Component>

The magic is VsixPackage that does installation.

You will need to reference this DLL: C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.8\bin\WixVSExtension.dll, and declare this schema in your wxs file:

xmlns:VSExtension="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/VSExtension"

As far as the detection goes - I believe this should happen automatically with this approach. Give it a go, and report back :-)

Upvotes: 2

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