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Liero
Liero

Reputation: 27338

Where are the SASS files from bootstrap.sass nuget

I have installed boostrap.scss nuget package into ASP.NET Core 3.1 project, but I don't see the SCSS files. Where are they?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2291

Answers (2)

LoLance
LoLance

Reputation: 28126

I have installed boostrap.scss nuget package into ASP.NET Core 3.1 project, but I don't see the SCSS files.

Agree with zivkan, to make generated packages compatible with asp .net core projects (which uses PackageReference format), package authors should use contentFiles element instead of old content element when creating packages.

If the package is created using ContentFiles element + those scss files, when you consume that package in your current .net core project, you can then see those files in solution explorer. But after my check, boostrap.sass doesn't use contentfiles element in xx.nuspec file. That's why you can't see those files in solution explorer. And this is something that should be handled by package authors, we consumers can do nothing about that...

Where are they?

One nuget package(xx.nupkg) is actually a zip file. You can download it manually here

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Rename it to xx.zip, extract it and then you can find those files in:

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Also, since you've installed that package into current project, you can find those files in cache C:\Users\xxx\.nuget\packages\bootstrap.sass\x.x.x\contentFiles\Content\bootstrap.

In summary:

The author do include those files in the contentFiles folder when generating nuget packages. However, he also need to specify the contentFiles element in xx.nuspec file like this issue. Only one folder whose name is contentFiles in xx.nupkg is not enough if we want to access those files in VS Solution Explorer. You may need to contact the author to get further support.

Upvotes: 1

Supergibbs
Supergibbs

Reputation: 1470

I am the maintainer of the Bootstrap NuGet packages. While I don't think you should be using NuGet for Bootstrap in dot net core projects, I think I've figured out how to make it work.

I am going to place the js files in the wwwroot/js and, for the non-scss Bootstrap package, css files in the wwwroot/css folder. Where do you expect the scss files to be? wwwroot/scss? /scss? Somewhere else?

Let me know and I'll publish a new version ASAP.

Upvotes: 2

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