dotnet CLI – how to update a NuGet package and add a new NuGet package

Adding and updating NuGet packages via command line – dotnet CLI

Just like we can add, remove and update NuGet packages via UI in Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code we can accomplish the same using the dotnet CLI.

 

Adding package

For example, to add ASP.NET Core CORS package we run the following:

dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors

 

Adding package from specific source/feed

However, if we wanna use another NuGet source like MyGet and lets say we wanna install SignalR we do this:

dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR -s https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-ci-dev/api/v3/index.json

 

Update package

How do we update a package? We install a specific version of  the package.

 To install a specific version SignalR from same ASP.NET Core CI dev source:

dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR -s https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-ci-dev/api/v3/index.json -v 1.0.0-preview3-26035

 

Remove package

dotnet-remove package Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR

 

Adding source to NuGet

Adding a source to NuGet:

nuget sources Add -Name "ASP.NET Core CI dev" -Source https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-ci-dev/api/v3/index.json

 

You could also manually add sources by changing NuGet.Config file

• Mac ~/.config/NuGet/NuGet.Config
• Windows %AppData%\NuGet\NuGet.Config
• Linux ~/.config/NuGet/NuGet.Config