Modern Data Access with Entity Framework Core: Database Programming Techniques for .NET, .NET Core, UWP, and Xamarin with C#

© Holger Schwichtenberg 2018

Holger SchwichtenbergModern Data Access with Entity Framework Core https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3552-2_2

2. Installing Entity Framework Core

Holger Schwichtenberg¹ 

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Entity Framework Core has no setup.exe. Entity Framework Core is installed in a project via NuGet packages.

NuGet Packages

Entity Framework Core, in contrast to the classic Entity Framework, consists of several NuGet packages. Table 2-1 shows only the root packages. Their dependencies, to which NuGet then automatically adds the associated packages, are not listed here. If you’re using a project template such as the ASP.NET Core Web Application template, you might have some of the dependencies already included.

Table 2-1

Main Packages ...