Using local NuGet source / repository

Had some problems creating a local nuget repository. This is how I succeeded:

Create a local nuget repository / source

$ cli nuget add source ~/.mynuget

This leads to these changes in the configuration file:

% cat ~/.nuget/NuGet/NuGet.Config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" protocolVersion="3" />
    <add key="Package source 1" value="/Users/mmgreiner/.mynuget" />
  </packageSources>
</configuration>

Prepare the project file

To the project config file (*.fsproj or *.csproj), add:

<PackageId>CSLData</PackageId>
<Version>1.0.0</Version>
<Authors>Markus Greiner</Authors>
<Company>mmgreiner</Company>

Note that the PackageID should not contain the version name, so don’t: CSLData.1.0.0.Test. This will not work with publishing the nuget package.

Pack and publish

% dotnet pack
MSBuild version 17.3.0+92e077650 for .NET
  Determining projects to restore...
  All projects are up-to-date for restore.
  CSLData -> /Users/mmgreiner/Projects/bibTeX/CSL/CSLData/bin/Debug/net6.0/CSLData.dll
  Successfully created package '/Users/mmgreiner/Projects/bibTeX/CSL/CSLData/bin/Debug/CSLData.1.0.0.nupkg'.

Using nuget directly, you can add it locally.

% nuget add /Users/mmgreiner/Projects/bibTeX/CSL/CSLData/bin/Debug/CSLData.1.0.0.nupkg -source ~/.mynuget

Using the CLI it works like this:

% dotnet nuget push bin/Debug/CSLData.1.0.0.nupkg -s ~/.mynuget

Note: in the dotnet CLI, the command is called push which corresponds to nuget add. The CLI command dotnet nuget add adds a new source, ie. repository, not a package.

This generates the following file structure:

/Users/mmgreiner/.mynuget
├── csldata
│   └── 1.0.0
│       ├── csldata.1.0.0.nupkg
│       ├── csldata.1.0.0.nupkg.sha512
│       └── csldata.nuspec

Use it

Now you can use it in another project:

$ dotnet add package CSLData

The source does not have to be given.