C#•17mo ago

❔ NetStandard Class Library installed nuget package dlls not going to bin when I reference

For example if I got a NetStandard 2.0 Class Library named 'LibraryA' and then I have an MVC 5 WebAPI named 'WebAPI' LibraryA has Prometheus-Net installed via Nuget if I compile LibraryA the prometheus-net dll is in the bin like this C:\Somewhere\LibraryA\Bin\Release\netstandard2.0\Prometheus.NetStandard.dll but when I reference LibraryA from WebAPI and compile I do see the LibraryA.dll but no prometheus why? can someone please help me understand why it happens here is a example of my csproj:

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+_+OP•17mo ago

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
        <AssemblyName>LibraryA</AssemblyName>
        <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.0</ApplicationVersion>
        <RootNamespace>LibraryA</RootNamespace>
        <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
        <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
        <Platforms>AnyCPU</Platforms>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
        <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
        <DebugType>full</DebugType>
        <Optimize>false</Optimize>
        <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
        <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
        <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
        <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
        <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
        <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
        <Optimize>true</Optimize>
        <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
        <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
        <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
        <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
        <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
      <PackageReference Include="prometheus-net" Version="3.1.4" />
    </ItemGroup>

</Project>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
        <AssemblyName>LibraryA</AssemblyName>
        <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.0</ApplicationVersion>
        <RootNamespace>LibraryA</RootNamespace>
        <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
        <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
        <Platforms>AnyCPU</Platforms>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
        <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
        <DebugType>full</DebugType>
        <Optimize>false</Optimize>
        <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
        <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
        <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
        <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
        <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
        <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
        <Optimize>true</Optimize>
        <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
        <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
        <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
        <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
        <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
      <PackageReference Include="prometheus-net" Version="3.1.4" />
    </ItemGroup>

</Project>

discords msg length was too long ^ so i had to reply with it but thats a example of my csproj okay so ive been messing aorund if i make a net core project it will work but if the projects net framework and its referencing the net standard class library none of the nuget dlls get copied why tho?

Accord•17mo ago

Looks like nothing has happened here. I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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❔ NetStandard Class Library installed nuget package dlls not going to bin when I reference