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Add ability to search for and install packages

See original GitHub issue

Nobody wants to manually edit MSBuild XML files to add package references. If you can dotnet restore then you should be able to dotnet search [query] to search the NuGet repo or at least dotnet install [package name] to install a package whose name you already know.

cc: @blackdwarf

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NuclearFishincommented, Apr 16, 2017

Hi guys, I thought I would just comment on this one since the referenced issue dotnet/sdk#7041 has been closed, but that only pertains to adding packages and does not discuss search? Is a search feature being considered or have I just missed it? Things I checked so far:

The dotnet command
Intellisense within the .csproj file in Visual Studio Code
Google 😉

I think search would be a handy addition to the CLI, as the name of a NuGet package is not always obvious, eg Newtonsoft.Json. It’s a common feature among other package managers, eg: npm search, pip search, composer search. Thanks for your time!

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billprattcommented, Apr 5, 2018

Anyone looking for dotnet search please look here: https://github.com/billpratt/dotnet-search

Feedback welcome!

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