NuGet Pack -- Failed to retrieve information from remote source - nuget

Question

I am trying to run:
nuget pack project.csproj
but because of the directory structure of the project:
A\B\C\Project
it keeps saying:
NuGet.Protocol.Core.Types.FatalProtocolException: Failed to retrieve information from remote source 'A\B\Packages', which it really should be 'A\Packages'. How do I change where NuGet looks for packages while establishing dependencies.
I have tried putting a NuGet.config in both the project directory as well as the Solution (in .nuget). I added this to the file:
<config>
<add key="repositoryPath" value="A\Packages" />
</config>
in both places and it made no difference (it always says A\B\Packages).

Answer 1

VisualStudio 2019: Tools > Nuget Package Manager > Package Sources:
Select nuget.org and specifically unselect the others options

Answer 2

Add NuGet.org reference in the package source
Go to tools -> NuGet package manager-> package manager settings
Select NuGet Package manager and then Package sources
Add the following source library.
Name: NuGet.org
Source: {"\Https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json}

Answer 3

The error is a bit weird, but is already mentioned here.
It looks like NuGet by default expects a packages folder at the same location as the .csproj file.
I also had a custom project structure where the .sln was located in another folder.
At least I worked around this by creating a Symbolic link like this (open cmd with admin rights):
cd <your .csproj location>
mklink /d packages "C:\path\to\actual\packages"
This way NuGet thinks the packages folder exists and should be able to create your package.

Answer 4

For me it worked by adding NuGet.config in solution folder.

Answer 5

I was facing similar issue with core 3.1 and trying to upgrade package 'Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGe'.I found that i was doing typo in Package source url. I have corrected it [Tools => Nuget Package manager => Package manager setting => Package Source ] and issue got resolved.

Answer 6

If you use packages that have Semantic Versioning 2.0.0, please make sure that you are using the V3 feed, https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json, in the NuGet configuration.

Answer 7

The issue may be caused by the way the nuget looks for the packages folder. It looks for a .sln file by traversing up the directory structure. If, in your case, directory A\B contains a .sln file then nuget will assume the packages folder would also be there.

Answer 8

On OSX you can add a symlink to trick nuget into building.
Run the following in the project folder to make nuget read from the parent (solution) directory that have a packages folder:
ln -s ../packages packages

Answer 9

In my case, I unchecked ALL the package sources except the one that I needed which was NuGet.org from NuGet Package Manager >> Package Sources. After this, the NU1301 error was gone.

Answer 10

In the case of Rider IDE another problem could cause this error:
if you configure your NuGet sources in the project let the Username and Password in the Rider Ui empty and instead add manually this section (packageSourceCredentials) to your NuGet.Config in the project folder:
<configuration>
<packageSources>
<add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" />
<add key="YourNuget" value="<your_nuget_url>" />
</packageSources>
<packageSourceCredentials>
<YourNuget>
<add key="Username" value="<Username>" />
<add key="ClearTextPassword" value="<Password>" />
</YourNuget>
</packageSourceCredentials>
</configuration>