How to download a Nuget package without nuget.exe or Visual Studio extension?
How can I download a NuGet package? I don't have the NuGet Visual Studio extension or the command line program nuget.exe. How can I download the .nupack file from the web? As I understand I will be able to extract the .dll files from it (with 7-zip) to use as normal.
The package I happen to be interested in is http://nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Bcl.Async, but I would like to know how to do this generally.
In the world of Ruby this would be easy - every package page on the RubyGems website has a download link to a .gem file, e.g.: https://rubygems.org/gems/pony
The argument over NuGet's manifest destiny belongs elsewhere. It doesn't matter to this question why I eschew it. I'm not the only one though.
Answer
Either make an account on the Nuget.org website, then log in, browse to the package you want and click on the Download link on the left menu.
Or guess the URL. They have the following format:
https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/{packageID}/{packageVersion}
Then simply unzip the .nupkg file and extract the contents you need.