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Lynchie
Lynchie

Reputation: 1149

Collection of Nuget Packages - Install In A Group

Is there a way to create a list of nuget packages that you commonly use, in my case Serilog and then the additional extensions for that.

Is there a way to be able to install all the packages in one go instead of having to search for and install each package one by one?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 195

Answers (2)

René Paw Christensen
René Paw Christensen

Reputation: 61

Another solution is this:

  1. Create a .target file, it is just like a .csproj file with ItemGroup's where you can reference your NuGet packages.

  2. Reference the .target file in another project like this:

<Import Project="../targets/MicrosoftExtensions.target" />

And the example .target file:

<Project>

    <ItemGroup>
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils" Version="1.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Configuration" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="8.*" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions" Version="8.*" />
    </ItemGroup>

</Project>

Upvotes: 0

Karen Payne
Karen Payne

Reputation: 5102

One method is to create a new project, add dependencies, in this case NuGet packages then under the project menu in Visual Studio select Export Template, select Project template and follow the prompts.

When naming the project template give the project template a meaningful name.

After completing these steps the template is available under add new projects.

Here is an example of custom templates under VS2019 that are pinned for easy access.

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Upvotes: 3

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