Some dll from nuget packages are not copied to /bin

Question

I know that this is a question that has been discussed before but I have a situation that I don't understand.

I have the following projects

• Project A
  • Project B
    • NuGet Package "log4net"
    • NuGet Package "ServerAppFabric.Client"

Project A has a visual studio reference to Project B. I'm using both packages in code in Project B and I am building in debug mode. Project B config looks like this.

<Reference Include="log4net">
  <HintPath>..\packages\log4net.2.0.0\lib\net40-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
<Reference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Client">
  <HintPath>..\packages\ServerAppFabric.Client.1.1.2106\lib\Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Client.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
<Reference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Core">
  <HintPath>..\packages\ServerAppFabric.Client.1.1.2106\lib\Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.Core.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>

*Why is only the dll-file from log4net copied into the bin folder of Project A and not the Client and Core files? Any help or explanation is appreciated! *

Answer 1

I had the same problem with a somehow complex dependency graph.

1. Go to the Reference Properties and set Copy Local=True.
2. Compile and check if the assembly was copied to the bin folder.
3. If that doesn’t fix your issue try this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19889803/1074245