How can I find nuget package installation folder programmaticaly ? (.NET Core - Cross Platform)

Question

Is there anyway for find .nuget folder and all related folders ? such as

1. C:\\Users\\ ... \\.nuget
2. C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\shared\\Microsoft.NETCore.App\\1.1.0

but should be programmatically , Cross platform way , compatible with .NET Core

My problem is finding path of

1. mscorelib.dll and System.Runtime.dll
2. custom installed assemblies like Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.dll

for working with Roslyn in .NET Core I need to reference them as list of MetadataReference.

MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(...)

so I think If I know about all .nuget directories. I can search into them.

Answer 1

You can get the path to your .nuget folder programmatically by using this NuGet package like this:

ISettings settings = Settings.LoadDefaultSettings(null);
string nugetPath = SettingsUtility.GetGlobalPackagesFolder(settings);

Answer 2

There is no specific way to get the NuGet location. You can get the user profile location like below.

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile);

And get ProgramFiles location like below.

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86)

Append the remaining path by hard coding.