LINQPad NuGet Manager - Pre-release dependency

Philippe

It seems LINQPad is not able to add a NuGet with a dependency from another NuGet in prerelease version.

When I try to do so there's a message box displaying
"Error Downloading 'SomeNuget' - Unable to resolve dependency 'SomeNuget in Pre-release'"
My version of LINQPad is v5.31.0

Visual Studio can handle this by using "Install-Package SomeNuget -pre"
Is it possible to consider adding this possibility when "Include Prerelease" is selected ?

Best regards from France,
Philippe

JoeAlbahari

Can you please try using the command-line version of NuGet to install that package, and let me know whether it gives an error.

Philippe

Hello,

I install that package via the command-line :
> nuget.exe install SomeNuget
Attempting to resolve dependencies for package 'SomeNuget.1.0.X.X' with DependencyBehavior 'Lowest'
Unable to resolve dependencies 'OtherNuget.4.0.0.1' is not compatible with 'SomeNuget.1.0.X.X constraint: OtherNuget (>= 4.0.0.156-pre)'

However I can install it with :
> nuget.exe install SomeNuget -PreRelease
Adding the option PreRelease allow me to install that package

JoeAlbahari

You should be able to do the same in LINQPad. Tick the 'Include Prerelease' checkbox and choose the most recent prerelease version and it should install correctly.

Philippe

Hi,

I tried with latest beta 5.34.0. The 'Include Prerelease' is checked.
I'm able to install a pre-release NuGet but the install of a Nuget wich depend of a prerelease NuGet still don't work.

JoeAlbahari

Yes, so, LINQPad is behaving just like the NuGet command-line (nuget.exe), which makes sense because LINQPad uses nuget.exe to install NuGet packages.

Note that you are not supposed to create NuGet release packages with pre-release dependencies. The fact that Visual Studio allows this could be considered a bug in Visual Studio.

fragilerus

I just noticed this is in the beta build. Thanks

JoeAlbahari

Yes - I found a workaround, so this is now possible.