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asp.net-corenugetcsproj
Liero
Liero

Reputation: 27360

What is NuGet.CommandLine packagerererence good for?

In *.csproj of my aspnetcore app I see:

 <PackageReference Include="NuGet.CommandLine" Version="4.1.0" />

What it is good for?

If my environment hadn't NuGet CLI I wouldn't be able to restore this package. When I have it I don't need the package, do I?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 402

Answers (1)

user2771704
user2771704

Reputation: 6202

What it is good for?

TLDR, it is good for bringing NuGet capabilies to Linux and Mac.

According to docs:

The NuGet CLI is the command-line utility for Windows that provides all NuGet capabilities; it can also be run on Mac OSX and Linux using Mono, or through the .NET Core CLI (dotnet).

So it is just cross-platform command-line version of NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio, which is Windows only. So if you using Visual Studio in Window you basically don't need it, you can just use built-in NuGet Package Manager. But if you want use NuGet capabilities in Linux or Mac, or you have just Visual Studio Code in Windows (without Visual Studio 2017) you definitely need this package.

Upvotes: 1

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