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Asked: 2026-06-09T16:50:57+00:00

I’m trying to use NuGet package restore from the command line on a build

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I’m trying to use NuGet package restore from the command line on a build server.

nuget install myapp/packages.config

However, I get the following error message:

Package restore is disabled by default. To give consent, open the Visual Studio Options dialog.

How am I supposed to do that without installing VS2010 on the build server? (no, I’m not doing that). Is there a registry setting or something? How is NuGet determining that package restore is disabled. Indeed, why is this something that they would even care about making disabled by default?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is currently happening because NuGet Package Restore needs consent before downloading packages and with the current way things work, there’s no way to discern a user calling “nuget.exe install packages.config” from package restore.
    more details on consent here : http://blog.nuget.org/20120518/package-restore-and-consent.html

    note: this issue should be fixed next week.

    As a workaround, you can give consent by setting the EnableNuGetPackageRestore environment variable to true.

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