Question

One of my libs has a dependency on System.Configuration but this .NET lib is not included by default in most of project types on Visual Studio. Is there a way to instruct NuGet Package Manager to add this .NET reference when installing my lib?

Answer 1

You can use the frameworkAssembly element in your package’s nuspec file. This will cause NuGet to add a reference to the project when your package is installed.

<frameworkAssemblies>
  <frameworkAssembly assemblyName="System.Configuration" />
</frameworkAssemblies>