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gilles27
gilles27

Reputation: 2241

What is the latest version of NuGet that works with Visual Studio 2012?

I am trying to add a nuget package (PiranhaCMS) to my VS2012/NET45 project. The nuget package itself depends on AutoMapper. When I try to install I get the message

'AutoMapper' already has a dependency defined for 'NETStandard.Library'

I'm confused because Piranha itself depends on NET45 not NETStandard. Research indicates I might need a later version of nuget. Having invoked nuget update -self on the nuget.exe in the .nuget folder under the solution, I tried again but got the same message.

What's further confusing me is nuget.exe is on 4.2.0.4168 but VS2012's Help, About dialog says the NuGet Package Manager is on 2.8.60318.667.

What I need to know is, can I get this package installed into this VS2012 solution? If so, how? If I can't do I need to move to VS017 so I can use a later version of NuGet which will install the package for me, even if the solution continues to target NET45?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1279

Answers (1)

Leo Liu
Leo Liu

Reputation: 76986

can I get this package installed into this VS2012 solution? If so, how?

We could not get this package installed into this Visual Studio 2012. That because full NetStandard and NetCoreApp support for VS2013 (NuGet version is 2.12) and the latest version for Visual Studio 2012 is 2.8.6. so we will get that error when we install the package "PiranhaCMS" by Visual Studio 2012. You can refer to the NuGet release note for 2.12 for detail info.

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If I can't do I need to move to VS017 so I can use a later version of NuGet which will install the package for me, even if the solution continues to target NET45?

Yes, you can install that package to the solution continues to target NET45 on Visual Studio 2017.

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Upvotes: 2

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