Create a new Nuget Package for my Visual Studio Application

To create a new Nuget Package, I must install the Nuget Package Explorer. If uses Internet Explorer, it will run immediately to install if click the Download button.

This is when I run it:

1. I just have to create a new package (Ctrl+N).



2. Then Edit Metadata:

Edit Metadata - update package metadata for MyApp.

• Id - name of the application (no spaces)

• Version - version specified in Properties\Assembly.cs

• Dependencies - Squirrel expects no dependencies in the package (all files should be explicitly added to the package)

3. Add lib & net45 - add the lib folder and the net45 folder to the project. Squirrel is expecting a single lib / net45 directory provided regardless of whether your app is a net45 application.

4. Add Release Files - add all the files from Release needed by the app to execute (including the various files required by Squirrel).

Include MyApp Files: MyApp.exe, MyApp.exe.config, any non-standard .NET dll's needed by MyApp.exe.
Include Squirrel Files: Squirrel.dll, Splat.dll, NuGet.Squirrel.dll, Mono.Cecil.*, DeltaCompressonDotNet.*, ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.*
Exclude: .vshost.\, *.pdb files

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5. Save the NuGet Package File - save the NuGet package file to where you can easily access later (e.g., MyApp.sln directory). Follow the given naming format (e.g., MyApp.1.0.0.nupkg).

Done creating nuget package for my app.