I am attempting to install the Microsoft.Experimental.IO library from here : https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Experimental.IO/1.0.0 on Windows 10 using Powershell - Install-Package.
I have added the nuget.org repo and when I use the command "find-package -contains experimental" Powershell finds the package, but when i try to install it, I receive the following error.
install-package Microsoft.Experimental.IO -verbose
VERBOSE: Skipping package provider provider 'NuGet'-- missing required option 'Destination'
VERBOSE: Skipping package provider provider 'NuGet'-- missing required option 'Destination'
VERBOSE: The -Repository parameter was not specified. PowerShellGet will use all of the registered repositories.
VERBOSE: Getting the provider object for the PackageManagement Provider 'NuGet'.
VERBOSE: The specified Location is 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/' and PackageManagementProvider is 'NuGet'.
install-package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and package name 'Microsoft.Experimental.IO'.
At line:1 char:1
+ install-package Microsoft.Experimental.IO -verbose
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage
How can I overcome this issue and install the package?
Well I fixed this, by using the following command :
install-package -ProviderName nuget -Name Microsoft.Experimental.IO -Destination "C:\Dev\Lib\Microsoft.Experimental.IO"
Which isnt the most intuitive, I've never had to use a destination field when using any other package manager in the past. I thought the whole point of a package manager was to standardise on paths and locations etc...