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dotnet new install
This article applies to: ✔️ .NET Core 3.1 SDK and later versions
NAME
dotnet-new-install - installs a template package.
SYNOPSIS
dotnet new install <PATH|NUGET_ID> [--interactive] [--add-source|--nuget-source <SOURCE>] [--force]
[-d|--diagnostics] [--verbosity <LEVEL>] [-h|--help]
DESCRIPTION
The dotnet new install command installs a template package from the PATH or NUGET_ID
provided. If you want to install a specific version or prerelease version of a template
package, specify the version in the format <package-name>::<package-version>. By default,
dotnet new passes * for the version, which represents the latest stable package version.
For more information, see the Examples section.
If a version of the template package was already installed when you run this command, the
template package will be updated to the specified version. If no version is specified,
the package is updated to the latest stable version. Starting with .NET SDK 6.0.100, if
the argument specifies the version, and that version of the NuGet package is already
installed, it won’t be reinstalled. If the argument is a PATH and it’s already installed,
it won’t be reinstalled.
Prior to .NET SDK 6.0.100, template packages were managed individually for each .NET SDK
version, including patch versions. For example, if you install the template package using
dotnet new --install in .NET SDK 5.0.100, it will be installed only for .NET SDK 5.0.100.
Templates from the package won’t be available in other .NET SDK versions installed on your
machine.
Starting with .NET SDK 6.0.100, installed template packages are available in later .NET
SDK versions installed on your machine. A template package installed in .NET SDK 6.0.100
will also be available in .NET SDK 6.0.101, .NET SDK 6.0.200, and so on. However, these
template packages won’t be available in .NET SDK versions prior to .NET SDK 6.0.100. To
use a template package installed in .NET SDK 6.0.100 or later in earlier .NET SDK
versions, you need to install it using dotnet new install in that .NET SDK version.
Starting with the .NET 7 SDK, the dotnet new syntax has changed:
• The --list, --search, --install, and --uninstall options became list, search, install,
and uninstall subcommands.
• The --update-apply option became the update subcommand.
• To use --update-check, use the update subcommand with the --check-only option.
Other options that were available before are still available to use with their respective
subcommands. Separate help for each subcommand is available via the -h or --help option:
dotnet new <subcommand> --help lists all supported options for the subcommand.
Additionally, tab completion is now available for dotnet new. It supports completion for
installed template names and for the options a selected template provides. To activate
tab completion for the .NET SDK, see Enable tab completion. > > Examples of old syntax: >
> - Install the latest version of Azure web jobs project template package: > > dotnetcli >
dotnet new --install Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.ProjectTemplates >
ARGUMENTS
• <PATH|NUGET_ID>
The folder on the file system or the NuGet package identifier to install the template
package from. dotnet new attempts to install the NuGet package from the NuGet sources
available for the current working directory and the sources specified via the --add-
source option. If you want to install a specific version or prerelease version of a
template package from NuGet source, specify the version in the format <package-
name>::<package-version>.
OPTIONS
• --add-source|--nuget-source <SOURCE>
By default, dotnet new install uses the hierarchy of NuGet configuration files from the
current directory to determine the NuGet source the package can be installed from. If
--nuget-source is specified, the source will be added to the list of sources to be
checked.
To check the configured sources for the current directory use dotnet nuget list source.
For more information, see Common NuGet Configurations
Following NuGet’s Https Everywhere (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/nuget/https-
everywhere/) initiative, dotnet new is phasing out http feeds. If an http feed
is passed, it isn’t queried for packages and a warning is displayed. The --force
option can be used to override this behavior if necessary.
• -d|--diagnostics
Enables diagnostic output. Available since .NET SDK 7.0.100.
• --force
Allows installing template packages from the specified sources even if they would
override a template package from another source. Available since .NET SDK 7.0.100.
• -h|--help
Prints out help for the install command. Available since .NET SDK 7.0.100.
• --interactive
Allows the command to stop and wait for user input or action. For example, to complete
authentication. Available since .NET 5.0 SDK.
• -v|--verbosity <LEVEL>
Sets the verbosity level of the command. Allowed values are q[uiet], m[inimal],
n[ormal], and diag[nostic]. Available since .NET SDK 7.0.100.
EXAMPLES
• Install the latest version of SPA templates for ASP.NET Core:
dotnet new install Microsoft.DotNet.Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates
• Install version 2.0 of the SPA templates for ASP.NET Core:
dotnet new install Microsoft.DotNet.Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates::2.0.0
• Install version 2.0 of the SPA templates for ASP.NET Core from a custom NuGet source
using interactive mode:
dotnet new --install Microsoft.DotNet.Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates::2.0.0 --add-source "https://api.my-custom-nuget.com/v3/index.json" --interactive
SEE ALSO
• dotnet new command
• dotnet new search command
• Custom templates for dotnet new
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