1dotnet nuget locals command(1) .NET Core dotnet nuget locals command(1)
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6 This topic applies to: ✓ .NET Core 1.x SDK and later versions
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9 dotnet nuget locals - Clears or lists local NuGet resources.
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12 dotnet nuget locals <CACHE_LOCATION> [(-c|--clear)|(-l|--list)] [--force-english-output]
13 dotnet nuget locals [-h|--help]
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16 The dotnet nuget locals command clears or lists local NuGet resources
17 in the http-request cache, temporary cache, or machine-wide global
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23 The cache location to list or clear. It accepts one of the following
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26 · all - Indicates that the specified operation is applied to all
27 cache types: http-request cache, global packages cache, and the
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30 · http-cache - Indicates that the specified operation is applied only
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34 · global-packages - Indicates that the specified operation is applied
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38 · temp - Indicates that the specified operation is applied only to
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44 Forces the application to run using an invariant, English-based cul‐
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47 · -h|--help
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49 Prints out a short help for the command.
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51 · -c|--clear
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53 The clear option executes a clear operation on the specified cache
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55 The executing user/group must have permission to the files in the
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61 The list option is used to display the location of the specified
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65 · Displays the paths of all the local cache directories (http-cache di‐
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69 dotnet nuget locals –l all
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73 dotnet nuget locals --list http-cache
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83 dotnet nuget locals -c global-packages
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89 Troubleshooting
90 For information on common problems and errors while using the dotnet
91 nuget locals command, see Managing the NuGet cache.
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