'nuget' is not recognized as an internal or external command

# Table of Contents

1. 'nuget' is not recognized as an internal or external command
2. Resolve the error on Windows
3. Resolve the error on macOS or Linux

# 'nuget' is not recognized as an internal or external command

The error "'nuget' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file" occurs for two main reasons:

1. Not having nuget installed on your machine.
2. Not having nuget in your system's PATH environment variable.

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'nuget' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file

The term 'nuget' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

# Resolve the error on Windows

To resolve the error on Windows:

1. Open the nuget downloads page and download the nuget.exe file.

2. The nuget.exe file isn't executable, so don't run it. Instead, open the directory where you downloaded the file.

3. Right-click on the nuget.exe file and click on "Properties".

4. Copy the location of the directory that contains nuget.exe. Note that we need the location of the directory where nuget.exe is located, not the location of the nuget.exe file itself.

Now you have to add the path you just copied to your PATH environment variable:

1. Click on the Search bar and type "environment variables".
2. Click on "Edit the system environment variables".

3. Click on the "Environment Variables" button.

4. In the "System variables" section, select the "Path" variable and click "Edit".

5. Click on "New" and then paste the path.

6. Click "OK" twice to confirm.

7. Close your Command prompt application and then reopen it.

You might also have to restart your PC, but that's not always necessary.

Open a new CMD shell and run the nuget command to verify nuget is installed and configured properly.

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# Resolve the error on macOS or Linux

You can resolve the "command not found: nuget" error by following the instructions in this section of the docs.

1. Install Mono for your operating system.

2. Run the following command in your terminal.

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sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/nuget.exe https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe

3. Create an alias to the nuget command by adding the following line to your configuration file (e.g. ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_aliases or ~/.bashrc).

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# Create an alias for `nuget`
alias nuget="mono /usr/local/bin/nuget.exe"

4. Restart your shell and use the nuget command to verify nuget is installed and configured properly.

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If you get the "command not found: mono" error, you have to install Mono for your operating system as it is a prerequisite for nuget.

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