Nuget User Guide

How to configure your Nuget Source in Visual Studio

Recommendation

IMPORTANT: As of June 5th 2020, our (ESDC’s) internal NuGet source (through JFrog Artifactory) has been removed.

Packages can be stored and shared through other NuGet sources like:

• nuget.org
• Azure DevOps Artifacts (self managed sources)

URL for NuGet Source

• https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json

How to add the alternate Sources to Visual Studio

• Open Visual Studio
• From the menu “Tools\Library Package Manager” select “Package Manager Settings”
• From the “Options” window, select “Package Manager\Package Sources”
• Click the “+” button
• Enter a name for the source to be added (ex: GoCSource)
• Enter the url of the alternate source
• Click “OK”

How to view and install available packages

• Open a project in Visual Studios
• Right-click on the Project, and select “Manage NuGet Packages…”
• Select the internal source you added in the previous steps
• The list of available packages should be displayed in the center column and the description of the selected package will appear in the right column.
• Click the “Install” button to install this package into your project.
• What will this do?
  • Add a “packages” folder at the top level of your projects folder
  • This “packages” folder holds the files required by the package
  • If dlls were included in the package, the reference to the dlls were added to your project
  • If config changes included in the package, your config file will be modified to include to entries
  • If the package has dependencies to other packages, those packages will also be installed