nuget is not recognized but other nuget commands working

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I am trying to create a nuget package using http   docs nuget org docs creating-packages creating-and-publishing-a-package From a convention based working directory as a reference  My Package Manger Console in Visual Studio is not allowing me to use the  nuget  command  I am able to  Get-help nuguet  and it displays   The following NuGet cmdlets are included       Cmdlet                  Description     ------------------      ----------------------------------------------     Get-Package             Gets the set of packages available from the package source       Install-Package         Installs a package and its dependencies into the project       Uninstall-Package       Uninstalls a package  If other packages depend on this package                               the command will fail unless the    Force option is specified       Update-Package          Updates a package and its dependencies to a newer version       Add-BindingRedirect     Examines all assemblies within the output path for a project                             and adds binding redirects to the application  or web                               configuration file where necessary       Get-Project             Returns a reference to the DTE  Development Tools Environment                               for the specified project  If none is specifed  returns the                              default project selected in the Package Manager Console       Open-PackagePage        Open the browser pointing to ProjectUrl  LicenseUrl or                              ReportAbuseUrl of the specified package       Register-TabExpansion   Registers a tab expansion for the parameters of a command     However  whenever I start off commands with nuget is gives     The term  nuget  is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet  function  script file  or operable program  Check the spelling of the name  or if a path was included  verify that the path is correct and try ag ain   At line 1 char 6    nuget  lt  lt  lt  lt         CategoryInfo            ObjectNotFound   nuget String      CommandNotFoundException       FullyQualifiedErrorId   CommandNotFoundException  I have tried the following solutions   1 closing down all items and restarting  2  uninstalling and reinstalling  3 creating a powershell profile file  this didn t exist before and this actually broke everything   The problem started to appear after I upgraded my Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate trial version to registered  I had originally had the VS 12 Pro installed  I don t know if that really has anything to do with it but I noticed that others that had similar problems have vs 10 and 12 installed   My question is  does anyone know what else to try   My theory is that the path to the nuget command is missing but I cannot find how to configure the paths the package manager console uses and I am not sure where the cmdlet nuget is actually stored    Updated---tried downloading the command line tool as suggested below  This lead to  nothing working again  I tried to uninstall and now I have a item in vs2010 extentions for nuget that doesn t have a install or unistall button enabled  This leads me to believe that it has to do with extensions installed via 2010 and 2012 that has a part in my little drama  If anyone also knows how to nuke an uninstallable extension  please advise also but I will try another question for that

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Retrieve nuget exe from https   www nuget org downloads  Copy it to a local folder and add that folder to the PATH environment variable   This is will make nuget available globally  from any project

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Nuget exe is placed at  nuget folder of your project  It can t be executed directly in Package Manager Console  but is executed by Powershell commands because these commands build custom path for themselves   My steps to solve are    Download NuGet exe from https   github com NuGet NuGet Client releases  give preference for the latest release   Place NuGet exe in C  Program Files NuGet Visual Studio 2012  or your VS version   Add C  Program Files NuGet Visual Studio 2012  or your VS version  in PATH environment variable  see http   www itechtalk com thread3595 html as a How-to   instructions here   Close and open Visual Studio      Update  NuGet can be easily installed in your project using the following command      Install-Package NuGet CommandLine

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In Visual Studio   Tools - gt  Nuget Package Manager - gt  Package Manager Console    In PM   Install-Package NuGet CommandLine   Close Visual Studio and open it again

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There are much nicer ways to do it     Install Nuget Build package in you project that you want to pack  May need to close and re-open solution after install  Install nuget via chocolatey - much nicer  Install chocolatey  https   chocolatey org   then run   cinst Nuget CommandLine   in your command prompt  This will install nuget and setup environment paths  so nuget is always available

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You can also try setting the system variable path to the location of your nuget exe and restarting VS    Open your system PATH variable and add the location of your nuget exe  for me this is  C  Program Files  x86  NuGet Visual Studio 2013  Restart Visual Studio   I would have posted this as a comment to your answer  done merson but I didn t have the required reputation to do that

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The nuget commandline tool does not come with the vsix file  it s a separate download  https   github com nuget home

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I got around this by finding the nuget exe and moving to an easy to type path  c  nuget nuget  and then calling the nuget with this path  This seems to solve the problem  c  nuget nuget at the package manager console works as expected  I tried to find the path that the console was using and changing the environment path but was never able to get it to work in that way

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Right-click on your project in solution explorer  Select Manage NuGet Packages for Solution  Search NuGet CommandLine by Microsoft and Install it   On complete installation  you will find a folder named packages in your project  Go to solution explorer and look for it   Inside packages look for a folder named NuGet CommandLine 3 5 0  here 3 5 0 is just version name your folder name will change accordingly   Inside NuGet CommandLine 3 5 0 look for a folder named tools   Inside tools you will get your nuget exe

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In  Package Manager Console  try the below  Install-Package NuGet CommandLine

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