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# NuGet Packages Repository
Publish [NuGet ](https://www.nuget.org/ ) packages for your user or organization. The package registry supports [NuGet Symbol Packages ](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/create-packages/symbol-packages-snupkg ) too.
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## Requirements
To work with the NuGet package registry, you can use command-line interface tools as well as NuGet features in various IDEs like Visual Studio.
More informations about NuGet clients can be found in [the official documentation ](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/install-nuget-client-tools ).
The following examples use the `dotnet nuget` tool.
## Configuring the package registry
To register the package registry you need to configure a new NuGet feed source:
```shell
dotnet nuget add source --name {source_name} --username {username} --password {password} https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/nuget/index.json
```
| Parameter | Description |
| ------------- | ----------- |
| `source_name` | The desired source name. |
| `username` | Your Gitea username. |
| `password` | Your Gitea password or a personal access token. |
| `owner` | The owner of the package. |
For example:
```shell
dotnet nuget add source --name gitea --username testuser --password password123 https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/nuget/index.json
```
## Publish a package
Publish a package by running the following command:
```shell
dotnet nuget push --source {source_name} {package_file}
```
| Parameter | Description |
| -------------- | ----------- |
| `source_name` | The desired source name. |
| `package_file` | Path to the package `.nupkg` file. |
For example:
```shell
dotnet nuget push --source gitea test_package.1.0.0.nupkg
```
You cannot publish a package if a package of the same name and version already exists. You must delete the existing package first.
### Symbol Packages
The NuGet package registry has build support for a symbol server. The PDB files embedded in a symbol package (`.snupkg`) can get requested by clients.
To do so, register the NuGet package registry as symbol source:
```
https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/nuget/symbols
```
| Parameter | Description |
| --------- | ----------- |
| `owner` | The owner of the package registry. |
For example:
```
https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/nuget/symbols
```
## Install a package
To install a NuGet package from the package registry, execute the following command:
```shell
dotnet add package --source {source_name} --version {package_version} {package_name}
```
| Parameter | Description |
| ----------------- | ----------- |
| `source_name` | The desired source name. |
| `package_name` | The package name. |
| `package_version` | The package version. |
For example:
```shell
dotnet add package --source gitea --version 1.0.0 test_package
```
## Supported commands
```
dotnet add
dotnet nuget push
dotnet nuget delete
```
