How to restore nuget package with devenv.exe

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How to restore nuget package with devenv.exe

Preethi Ravi 80

I have an msi installer with some nuget packages used. I want to build this using devenv. I am using the below command but it fails since it is not restoring nuget package. Furthermore I am not using msbuild since it does not support vdproj. devenv ACustomerApp.sln /rebuild "Release|Any Cpu" How to restore nuget package with devenv?

Anna Xiu-MSFT 30,956 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-02-07T02:32:42.1566667+00:00

Hello, do you want to build the vdproj file on Azure Pipelines?
Starting with Visual Studio 2017, NuGet fully integrated into MSBuild not devenv. So, we could not build and package restore in one command line using devenv.

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Anna Xiu-MSFT 30,956 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-02-07T02:32:42.1566667+00:00

Hello, do you want to build the vdproj file on Azure Pipelines?
Starting with Visual Studio 2017, NuGet fully integrated into MSBuild not devenv. So, we could not build and package restore in one command line using devenv.

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walitalokar 80

Use nuget.exe before devenv: Download and install the standalone nuget.exe tool from the official NuGet website: https://www.nuget.org/downloads: https://www.nuget.org/downloads. Open a command prompt and navigate to your solution directory. Run the following command to restore NuGet packages: nuget restore ACustomerApp.sln Once the packages are restored, you can use your original devenv command to build the solution: devenv ACustomerApp.sln /rebuild "Release|Any Cpu"

Preethi Ravi 80 Reputation points

2024-02-08T06:28:18.4+00:00

Hi, Thanks for your suggestions, We can use nuget.exe to restore but since we need to download and install the tool in the machine, instead of it I used msbuild to restore nuget packages and then compiled the project using devenv command.

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