Overview
I have a project that uses a remote swift package.
I would like to edit this package in the same project so that I can refine it based on the usage.
Aim:
To do this I am trying to add the same package as a local package so that I can edit it.
Reference:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift_packages/editing_a_package_dependency_as_a_local_package
Problem:
When I drag and drop the cloned folder containing Package.swift into the project, I can't see any of the local package source files in the project. (see screenshot)
I have been breaking my head over it. Any help on this would be much appreciated.
Xcode Version:
13.2 (13C90) (downloaded from the developer portal not the AppStore)
The reason you cannot see the content of the package is that you have it open in another Xcode instance.
You can only edit a package in one Xcode instance at a time.
I find closing down Xcode completely, then opening up the particular project that I want to edit the package in solves the problem.
So, i just upgraded my Visual Studio Code Package from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 and then it cant find the references to Cinemachine, UI and TextMeshPro anymore. With any other code editor it works well, even with Visual Studio 2019.I'm using Unity 2021.1.3f, and i cant find were to downgrade the version of the VS Code package.
Use the Unity Package Manager window (in Unity’s top menu: Window > Package Manager) to view which packages are available for installation or already installed in your project. In addition, you can use this window to install, remove, or update packages for each project.
Ok, so i found a solution, but its kinda weird and i hope they fix it by the next unity update.
for Unity 2021.1.3f1
First you need to create another Unity project. The VS Code package already come in the 1.2.3 version from default.
Close Unity after the project is created.
After that you need to copy the "Assets" folder and the "Project Settings" folder to your new project. Unfortunatly you have to manually install any package that you project depends on manually (Because i dont know how to copy/paste any package from one project to another) and after that dont update the VS Code package again.
I higly recomend creating a copy of your project (or having it in a git repository) before updating any package because Unity dont let you downgrade packages anymore.
I am unable to load my solution ever since I upgraded my nugget packages to the latest Xamarin.Forms alpha.
Can someone provide me an example of how I can point all nuget packages of a certain id to an earlier version without having my solution open?
I think the best way is to open the packages.config file in a text editor and remove the Xamarin.Forms values from it.
After that you can open your .csproj file (with a text editor) and also remove the references from it.
Now you should be able to open the project (with the visual studio) and add the references you want again via the nuget manager.
When I go to update in Nuget it shows packages that arent installed anywhere in the project. I do a search for say "SimpleJson", nothing in the project is referencing it. How can I get rid of this from the update list?
Try using the Uninstall-package SimpleJson command. It should delete any "ghost" references in your solution.
I'm trying to uninstall some packages installed by NuGet. According to the doc described here, I should see an Uninstall button (first screenshot below) when I select the installed package. However, I only see a Manage button (second screenshot below). Can anyone please tell me how to uninstall the packages?
If you scroll down to the Managing Installed Packages section of the NuGet documentation page you linked to you will see the Manage button and an explanation.
In NuGet 1.4 a new feature was introduced allowing you to select the solution in the Solution Explorer and add/remove packages from multiple projects in one step. Previously you had to select each project in the Solution Explorer and add/remove the package from each project one at a time.
If you click the Manage button a Select Projects dialog will be displayed where you can uncheck the projects that you want the NuGet package to be uninstalled from.
If you select the project instead of the solution in the Solution Explorer you can add/remove packages from that selected project. In this case you will only see the Install and Uninstall buttons.
Finally, I found I had to manually edit the .sln solution file and remove these lines:
GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
EnterpriseLibraryConfigurationToolBinariesPath = packages\Unity.2.1.505.0\lib\NET35;packages\Unity.Interception.2.1.505.0\lib\NET35;packages\EnterpriseLibrary.Common.5.0.505.0\lib\NET35;packages\EnterpriseLibrary.Data.5.0.505.0\lib\NET35
EndGlobalSection
After removing the above lines in the solution file, those packages disappeared in the NuGet Packages Window "Installed package" page. There is only one package left and I can now see the "Uninstall" button.
EDIT:
I also had to delete the packages folder in my solution directory.
Sometimes there are dependencies that disallow uninstalling a package, but you need to do so anyway (i.e. if you inadvertently install two different versions of a package with dependencies).
When this happens, the only way to uninstall the packages is to force the uninstallation, and this can only be done through the Package Manager Console.
Before going to the Console, you should open the Manage NuGet Packages window, and note down the Id and Version of your package, which appears on the right pane when you click on the package.
Then you can close the Manage window, and open the console (Package Manager Console), and run this command:
uninstall-package -Id YourPackageId -Force -Version YourPackageVersion
Note the -Force parameter. For example
uninstall-package -Id Unity -Force -Version 3.0.1304.0
This command allows to uninstall the version 3 when it is installed in parallel with version 2, which can't be done throgh the Manage window.
I had similar issues recently. My project worked fine but I couldn't add or remove any packages via the NuGet package Manager anymore because EnterpriseLibrary 5.0.505 was shown as missing from the source. But trying to either restore or delete it failed with an error "unable to find version '5.0.505. of package 'EnterpriseLibrary'".
I traced this down to having the following reference in the packages.config file:
<package id="EnterpriseLibrary" version="5.0.505" targetFramework="net4" />
Comparing this with other solutions to which I added the package more recently I changed it to, the following, which fixed the issue:
<package id="EnterpriseLibrary.Common" version="5.0.505.0" targetFramework="net4" />
I never edited any package.config files manually, so I don't know how the mismatch happened. Maybe the reference changed since originally including the package without updating the config file...?
I had a problem to remove Code first lib CTP5 that had dependences, uninstall did not return any message and did not remove anything. Delete references from packages.config that you need to remove. After that it will not show in nuget anymore and you can reinstall or continue without.
After using the VS IDE Manage NuGet Packages dialog or Package Manager Console you may have to manually remove solution files or other files on the file system that are part of the package not in the packages folder.
I was evaluating the Microsoft.AspNet.FriendlyUrls package which added a master page, a user control, a class code file and a packages.config file to my ASP.NET web application project / solution. I made the mistake to manually undo / remove these files from the solution before using the NuGet Packages dialog to remove the package. Everything got confused at that point.
As others have said, deleting the packages folder was the solution. But then I had to manually figure out the other files outside that folder that also should be deleted.