Best way to add NuGet packages as project references in VS2012?

Question

Ok. Really quick question, I\'m probably just being thick.

If you right-click on a projects \'references\' folder then \'Manage NuGet Packages\' you can then instal

Answer 1

The other answer here didn't help me. Here's what I did, I don't know any other way to do it. I'm using VS 2013.

• I installed the package in the Package Manager Console, e.g. PM> Install-Package Newtonsoft.Json
• In the Solution Explorer, right click references, select Add Reference
• Click Browse, and navigate to the dll in the packages directory under the folder of the solution.

This adds a relative path for the reference to the project, so it should work with other people getting the code from source control into different directories.