An error occurred while retrieving package metadata for ***

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This has been asked many times before. The solution (which works for me) is to delete the *** package(s) from the packages.config file (this is enough), and from the packages folder.

This is a bad solution for me because it has to be repeated every time I want to install some nuget package. The culprit package varies, but it tends to be the same package(s) every time (Newtonsoft.Json/NETStandard.Library etc...), until I delete all packages and try to reinstall them (this sometimes changes the culprit package).

Is there a solution for this? It is nerve-wrecking to have to do this manual fix all the time. And I think it points to some major underlying problem that I would like to amend in my project.

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5 Answers

I had the same issue with my visual studio 2015.

But Uninstalling the Nuget Package Manager and re-installing the same worked for me.

  1. In Visual Studio, from the "Tools" menu choose the "Extensions and Updates" option.
  2. Top right "Search Installed" bar, sear ch for Nuget Package Manager
  3. Uninstall the Nuget Package Manager for Visual Studio 2015.
  4. Restart Visual Studio.
  5. Re-Install the same with the same steps.
user_62353210

I had the same issue with my visual studio 2015.

But Uninstalling the Nuget Package Manager and re-installing the same worked for me.

In Visual Studio, from the "Tools" menu choose the "Extensions and Updates" option. Top right "Search Installed" bar, sear ch for Nuget Package Manager Uninstall the Nuget Package Manager for Visual Studio 2015. Restart Visual Studio. Re-Install the same with the same steps.

close the visual studio and again open

user_113736110

What worked for me in VS2022-

  • Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Settings
  • Here click "Clear all NuGet Cashe".
  • Restart VS.

Should be ok now.

user_179143280

Changing the desired version to be fetched in packages.config did the trick. If you'll relaunch Visual Studio then you'll see in the Manage NuGet Packages... that the dependency is updated. It didn't require from me to do it twice - this dependency has been updated based on the PackageReference of this NuGet https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Net.Http/

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