How can I install an older version of a package via NuGet

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I want to install an older version of a package  Newtonsoft Json   But NuGet rolls back  PM gt  Install-Package Newtonsoft Json -Version 4 0 5 Successfully installed  Newtonsoft Json 4 0 5   Install failed  Rolling back    Install-Package   Already referencing a newer version of  Newtonsoft Json    How can I do it

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As of NuGet 2 8  there is a feature to downgrade a package  NuGet 2 8 Release Notes Example  The following command entered into the Package Manager Console will downgrade the Couchbase client to version 1 3 1 0  Update-Package CouchbaseNetClient -Version 1 3 1 0  Result  Updating  CouchbaseNetClient  from version  1 3 3  to  1 3 1 0  in project  project name   Removing  CouchbaseNetClient 1 3 3  from  project name   Successfully removed  CouchbaseNetClient 1 3 3  from  project name    Something to note as per crimbo below   This approach doesn t work for downgrading from one prerelease version to other prerelease version - it only works for downgrading to a release version

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Try the following  Uninstall-Package Newtonsoft Json -Force  Followed by  Install-Package Newtonsoft Json -Version  lt press tab key for autocomplete gt

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Another more manual option to get it    nuget nuget exe install Newtonsoft Json -Version 4 0 5

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Now  it s very much simplified in Visual Studio 2015 and later  You can do downgrade   upgrade within the User interface itself  without executing commands in the Package Manager Console   Right click on your project and  go to Manage NuGet Packages   Look at the below image   Select your Package and Choose the Version  which you wanted to install      Very very simple  isn t it

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I ve used Xavier s answer quite a bit  I want to add that restricting the package version to a specified range is easy and useful in the latest versions of NuGet  For example  if you never want Newtonsoft Json to be updated past version 3 x x in your project  change the corresponding package element in your packages config file to look like this   lt package id  quot Newtonsoft Json quot  version  quot 3 5 8 quot  allowedVersions  quot  3 0  4 0  quot  targetFramework  quot net40 quot    gt   Notice the allowedVersions attribute  This will limit the version of that package to versions between 3 0  inclusive  and 4 0  exclusive   Then  when you do an Update-Package on the whole solution  you don t need to worry about that particular package being updated past version 3 x x  The documentation for this functionality is here

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