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Manually editing the .fsproj file followed by dotnet build worked because some dotnet commands have an implicit restore. I think this is the fastest way to add a dependency when you know its versio...
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#1: Initial revision
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Alexei
·
2023-11-12T19:15:56Z (about 1 year ago)
Manually editing the `.fsproj` file followed by `dotnet build` worked because some `dotnet` commands have [an implicit restore](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-build#implicit-restore). I think this is the fastest way to add a dependency when you know its version. I have always used NuGet through its Visual Studio package manager, but I guess this is just a fancy UI over the CLI. NuGet allows you to perform more advanced operations such: - list all package versions - you can indicate the package to install and get the latest version - you can get the package dependencies. Since you have specified Mac (macOS) and [Visual Studio for Mac is retiring anyway](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/mac/what-happened-to-vs-for-mac?view=vsmac-2022), VS Code seems to provide [a decent way to work with Nuget packages](https://github.com/jmrog/vscode-nuget-package-manager).