Find Package with source parameter is not working to get the current versions of all the nuget packages

Question

Find Package with source parameter is not working to get the current versions of all the nuget packages

Find-Package -Source "C:\Users\P10410559\source\repos\WebApplication4\WebApplication4\packages.config"

Error getting as :

Find-Package : The following source failed to search for packages: 'C:\Users\P10410559\source\repos\WebApplication4\WebApplication4\packages.config'
The path 'C:\Users\P10410559\source\repos\WebApplication4\WebApplication4\packages.config' for the selected source could not be resolved.
At line:1 char:1
+ Find-Package -Source "C:\Users\P10410559\source\repos\WebApplication4 ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Find-Package], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PackageManagement.PowerShellCmdlets.FindPackageCommand

Answer 1

You are trying to search for packages inside a packages.config, which is incorrect for the following reasons -

1. Packages.Config is a file which is stored along with your project to track the packages that you have referenced. The file is not a package source. You can read more about the file here.
2. If you want to find packages then you need to pass a real source like nuget.org to the command. You can read more about the find package command here. E.g. -

Find-Package nuget.versioning -Source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json

If you want to get current version of all packages installed to your project you need to use the Get-Package command described here. E.g. -

Get-Package -ProjectName NuGet.Versioning