Install-Package : Unable to find package 'WebActivator'

Question

I have Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web. My Steps -Create a New ASP .NET MVC 4 application -choose basic template -go to Package Manager Console -try to install WebActivator

PM> Install-Package WebActivator

and i get the following error

How i can resolve this and install WebActivator package?

Songster

Answer 1

So easy

https://www.nuget.org/packages/WebActivator

Need point version of webActivator!!!

PM> Install-Package WebActivator -Version 1.5.3 

Songster

or PM> Install-Package WebActivatorEx – Songster

Answer 2

In my case, I could not install any package and got a similar error. The issue was solved as I unchecked the "Microsoft and .NET" under "Machine-wide package source":

I hope this can be help someone.

Macaroon

Thanks! This was very helpful. I wish I understood the mechanics of why this caused a problem. – Hessian

I had to uncheck a second source under "Available package sources". It resolved and installed when nuget.org was the only source checked. – Necroscopy

I had other different entries in this list, I had to uncheck all of them to make it work. I didn't try to install webactivator but Aws Dynamodb. – Fork

Answer 3

I got a similar problem with another package in Visual Studio 2013, I cleared the NuGet package cache with the option "Clear Package Cache" and it works now.

Eudora

Answer 4

Change source according to visual studio version

NuGet feed v3 (VS 2015 / NuGet v3.x): https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
NuGet feed v2 (VS 2013 and earlier / NuGet 2.x): https://www.nuget.org/api/v2

Apicella

Answer 5

I just ran into this myself. The reference to WebActivatorEx didn't work. You'll have to do it manually. The file is in the packages directory.

Waylay