Some dll from nuget packages are not copied to /bin

13
votes

I know that this is a question that has been discussed before but I have a situation that I don't understand.

I have the following projects

  • Project A
    • Project B
      • NuGet Package "log4net"
      • NuGet Package "ServerAppFabric.Client"

Project A has a visual studio reference to Project B. I'm using both packages in code in Project B and I am building in debug mode. Project B config looks like this. 

<Reference Include="log4net">
  <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.0\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
<Reference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Client">
  <HintPath>..\packages\ServerAppFabric.Client.1.1.2106\lib\Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Client.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
<Reference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Core">
  <HintPath>..\packages\ServerAppFabric.Client.1.1.2106\lib\Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Core.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>

*Why is only the dll-file from log4net copied into the bin folder of Project A and not the Client and Core files? Any help or explanation is appreciated! *

2
visual-studio-2012nuget
Which are the target frameworks of ProjectA and ProjectB? – Ufuk Hacıoğulları
Both are using version 4.5 – Erik Pettersson
Tried with some other framework configurations but the same problem. Could it be related to if the files already exit in gac? – Erik Pettersson
Maybe. Let me create a solution on my machne and see if the same thing happens. – Ufuk Hacıoğulları

2 Answers

5
votes

I had the same problem with a somehow complex dependency graph.

  1. Go to the Reference Properties and set Copy Local=True.
  2. Compile and check if the assembly was copied to the bin folder.
  3. If that doesn’t fix your issue try this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19889803/1074245
3
votes

I don't think this is related to NuGet. It should be related to how references work in Visual Studio or MSBuild. If you just reference a library in ProjectB, it won't show up in ProjectA's bin folder. However, when you use some type from the referenced library,only then it will show up in bin folder.