What are the parameters passed to the 'install.ps1' script of a NuGet package?

Question

I need to know what are those parameters: $installPath, $toolsPath, $package, $project

Example for EntityFramework NuGet package:

install.ps1

param($installPath, $toolsPath, $package, $project)

Initialize-EFConfiguration $project
Add-EFProvider $project 'System.Data.SqlClient' 'System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer'

Write-Host
Write-Host "Type 'get-help EntityFramework' to see all available Entity Framework commands."

For what reason are they used for ?

Is there some way to debugging this script ?

Answer 1

Your question is a little bit unclear. Are you asking about what the parameters are used for?

• $installPath is the path to the folder where the package is installed. By default: $(solutionDir)\packages
• $toolPath is the path to the \tools directory in the folder where the package is installed. By default: $(solutionDir)\packages\[packageId]-[version]\tools
• $package is a reference to the package object
• $project is a reference to the target EnvDTE project object. This object is defined here.

If your question is about debugging install.ps1 and get actual values for your parameters, see this answer.