Suppose I have a solution with 3 projects:
Core
UI
Tests
Some of the NuGet packages I use will apply to all 3 projects. Some will just apply to UI and Tests, and some will just apply to Tests (like NUnit).
What is the right way to set this up using NuGet?
Should I use "Add Library Package Reference" on all three projects any time I need a reference? Should I use "Add Library Package Reference" the first time I need a package, and then use Add Reference->Browse for subsequent usages?
In either case, how many packages.config files should I have?
For anybody stumbling across this, now there is the following option :
Right-click your solution > Manage NuGet Packages for Solution...
... Or:
Tools > Library Package Manager > Manage NuGet Packages for Solution...
And if you go to the Installed packages area you can 'Manage' a single package across every project in the solution.
Use the console to target multiple projects
Tools > Library Package Manager > Package Manager Console
then use this command
Get-Project PROJECT-NAMES-WITH-COMMAS | Install-Package PACKAGENAME
for example
Get-Project Core,UI | Install-Package FluentDateTime
This sweet deal works for me:
PM> Get-Project -all | where {$_.Name -match "Songhay.Silverlight" -and
$_.Name -notmatch "ApplicationLoader" -and $_.Name -notmatch ".Xml"}
| ForEach-Object {Install-Package MvvmLight -project $_.Name}
Get-Project -all | ForEach-Object {Get-Package -ProjectName $_.Name -Filter Newtonsoft.Json}
Get-Project -all | ForEach-Object {Get-Package -ProjectName $_.Name -filter PACKAGE_NAME} | where-object { $_.id -eq 'PACKAGE_NAME' }
If you want to install a package across multiple solutions I wrote a handy Powershell script for doing it, see here.
You can even filter the Get-Project -All command and target a sub-set of the project list.
You should use the "Add Library Package Reference" for all your external library on every project in your solution. You'll end up with a packages.config per project.
However, you'll download the package only one time and reuse them locally for all your other projects.
In Package Manager Console you can write the following command:
Get-Project -all | ForEach-Object {Get-Package -ProjectName $_.Name -filter
PACKAGE_NAME} | where-object { $_.id -eq 'PACKAGE_NAME' } | Install-Package
PACKAGE_NAME -Version VERSION
You can use that command for install or update as well (Update-Package)
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