NUPKG files contain packaged source code. They are used with NuGet, a Microsoft Visual Studio extension. NuGet allows developers to create and share packages for .NET projects. More specifically, NUPK...
NUPKG files contain packaged source code. They are used with NuGet, a Microsoft Visual Studio extension. NuGet allows developers to create and share packages for .NET projects. More specifically, NUPKG files provide instructions on how to use the code they contain. Prior to 2012, developers had to manually install the NuGet extension. Since then, Microsoft began installing NuGet by default in Visual Studio. Over time, NuGet and NUPKG files became essential tools for .NET developers.
NUPKG files originate as .NUSPEC files. These are built from .DLL assemblies. Developers use NuGet Package Manager interface to manage NUPKG file packages. Thousands of NUPKG files are shared on NuGet.org site.
A NUPKG file is a ZIP archive. It includes the packaged libraries. Developers import NUPKG files into Visual Studio. This allows adding the code to projects. NUPKG files themselves are not opened and edited. Instead, NUPKG packages contain instructions on code usage.
Popular packages in NUPKG files include Microsoft Entity Framework and JSON libraries. Extensions like NuGet Package Manager are added through Visual Studio’s Extension Manager. NuGet supports multiple platforms like .NET in addition to Visual Studio.
To generate NUPKG files, command line tools are used. The folder with CSPROJ file can output NuGet packages. This two stage process builds the files stored in NUPKGs.
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