System wide NuGet Packages - nuget

Is there a way to install NuGet Packages System wide, or do I have to install every package for every project? I am working in a restricted Environment and Need to ask the Support to install Software. Thank you in advance.

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What is the effect of Updating NuGet Package Manager on Existing Projects?

I am working on VS2012 and have issue with installing Twilio Package via NuGet. It asks me to update NuGet Package Manager. I am concerned if updating NuGet Package Manager have effect on all the projects that are running without any issue. What are the effects of Package Manager Updates on existing projects or solution.
Coming from the Python world, I will attempt to see if I can help you here. Is the concern that a specific package will no longer be available to you if you do a global update on your NuGet package manager?
Is it possible then for you to install a specific NuGet version in a virtual machine encapsulating the project where you want to run with the Twilio package?
Otherwise, assuming all of the packages you use are regularly maintained, I'm not sure how an update to a package manager would affect them.

Difference between Chocolatey and NuGet

Is Chocolatey a higher version of NuGet or a different package manager? Where should I put my open source application? NuGet or Chocolatey?
NuGet is designed to allow you to easily add code libraries to your project. Things like JSON.NET, Entity Framework, etc.
Chocolatey is actually built on top of the NuGet package system, but it is designed to fill a different need. Chocolatey wraps up applications and other executables and makes it easy to install them on your computer. For example, tools like Git, Notepad++, etc. can be easily installed with a command like cinst git.
https://chocolatey.org/packages has a list of all the applications that can be installed.
If you have an open source project which is a library that is to be used in other developers' projects, then you should submit it to NuGet.
If it is an application that users would normally install, then create a Chocolatey package that users can easily install and update from the command line.

Install nuget packages to central folder

For the life of me I can't find an option to install all nuget packages to a central folder.
The only option seems to be Install and that always installs into the project folder.
With multiple projects using the same packages this is very inefficient.
I'd like to install all packages to the same central folder.
Can this be done?
Answer is here: Is it possible to change the location of packages for NuGet?
I successfully tried it with VS2012 and the latest nuget manager.

NuGet - Newbie issue on large enterprise system

I just inherited a large enterprise system that appears to use NuGet.
I have just read the basics on what NuGet is so pardon the simpleness of my questions.
Is there a way to tell NuGet to update and install all the packages needed to run the system? I am right now running and seeing what fails then guessing what NuGet packages are missing.
(No, there was no documentation in the enterprise system or many code comments, ugh)
From the package manager console try Update-Package –Project ProjectName
Visual Studio -> Tools -> Library Package Manager -> Package Manager Console
http://nuget.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Updating%20All%20Packages
If the solution is configured to enable Nuget Package Restore you could also just delete the packages folder and rebuild all which would get everything that you needed. If you need to worry about javascript, configuration, etc... I would try the Update-Package route

Is there any Ubuntu 10.04 repository to download the most recent version of Eclipse?

I haven't found one to install Eclipse 4.2 Juno. Default Ubuntu repositories (I'm using Ubuntu 10.04) suggest me the archaic Galileo version. And I found the Eclipse's page on Launchpad which was updated in 2009.
I can, of course, simply download the archive with all the files from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/, but that's not Debian way, is it? I mean, no automatic updates and other aptitude-managed cool things.
So, is there any repository that maintains the most recent version of Eclipse?
I think it is unlikely that you will find a newer package for Lucid. People tend to create packages for newer versions of Ubuntu.
If it's not possible to upgrade Ubuntu, what you could try is to make your own package but you would still not get automatic upgrades. From a quick look, it looks like that Juno needs some libraries to build that could be newer than the versions you have in your system, so this may end up being quite difficult. It could possibly be the reason why it is not available for Lucid in the first place.
If Juno works in your system, the quick and dirty solution is to first create a temporary folder, e.g. eclipse_3.8.0 and then do the following:
mkdir /path/to/eclipse_3.8.0/DEBIAN
mkdir /path/to/eclipse_3.8.0/opt
tar xzvf eclipse-juno.tar.gz -C /path/to/eclipse_3.8.0/opt
dpkg-deb -b --no-check /path/to/eclipse_3.8.0
This will create a deb package that installs eclipse in /opt/eclipse. You may want to put a control file inside the DEBIAN folder to add a description, dependencies, etc.
If you still want to give building a try, from the official ubuntu launchpad page for eclipse you can download the source files and especially the control files stored in the xxx.debian.tar.gz file. Take a look at the Debian wiki for some tips on how to build. Precise has the Indigo SR2 version and Quantal seems to have Juno.