NuGet Installer

NuGet.exe

Select NuGet version to use from the drop-down list (you need to have NuGet installed), or specify a custom path to NuGet.exe.

note

An appropriate version of .NET Framework installed on the agent machine is required depending on the NuGet.exe version used: NuGet 2.8.6+ requires .NET 4.5+, earlier NuGet versions require .NET 4.0.

Packages Sources

Specify the NuGet package sources. If left blank, http://nuget.org is used to search for your packages. You can also specify your own NuGet repository. If you are using TeamCity as a NuGet repository, specify %\teamcity.nuget.feed.server% here. If you use packages from an authenticated feed specify %\teamcity.nuget.feed.auth.server% instead and use the NuGet Feed Credentials build feature.

Path to solution file

Specify the path to your solution file (.sln) where packages are to be installed.

Restore Mode

Select NuGet.exe restore (requires NuGet 2.7+) to restore all packages for an entire solution. The NuGet.exe install command is used to restore packages for versions prior to NuGet 2.7, but only for a single packages.config file.

Restore Options

If needed, select:

• Exclude version from package folder names: Equivalent to the -ExcludeVersion option of the NuGet.exe install command. If enabled, the destination folder will contain only the package name, not the version number.

• Disable looking up packages from local machine cache: Equivalent to the -NoCache option of the NuGet.exe install command.

Update Packages

Update packages with help of NuGet update command: Uses the NuGet.exe update command to update all packages under the solution. The package versions and constraints are taken from packages.config files.

Update Mode

Select one of the following:

• Update via solution file - TeamCity uses Visual Studio solution file (.sln) to create the full list of NuGet packages to install. This option updates packages for the entire solution.

• Update via packages.config - Select to update packages via calls to NuGet.exe update Packages.Config for each packages.config file under the solution.

Update Options

• Include pre-release packages: Equivalent to the -Prerelease option of the NuGet.exe update command

• Perform safe update: Equivalent to the -Safe option of the NuGet.exe update command, that looks for updates with the highest version available within the same major and minor version as the installed package.