I didn't find "ZipFile" class in the "System.IO.Compression" namespace

Question

I can't use "Zipfile" class in the name space "System.IO.Compression" my code is :

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Compression;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string startPath = @"c:\example\start";
            string zipPath = @"c:\example\result.zip";
            string extractPath = @"c:\example\extract";

            ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath, CompressionLevel.Fastest,true);

            ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);
        }
    }
}

the error is :

The name 'zipfile' does not exist in the current context

How I can solve it ?

Answer 1

You need an extra reference for this; the most convenient way to do this is via the NuGet package System.IO.Compression.ZipFile

<!-- Version here correct at time of writing, but please check for latest -->
<PackageReference Include="System.IO.Compression.ZipFile" Version="4.3.0" />

If you are working on .NET Framework without NuGet, you need to add a dll reference to the assembly, "System.IO.Compression.FileSystem.dll" - and ensure you are using at least .NET 4.5 (since it doesn't exist in earlier frameworks).

For info, you can find the assembly and .NET version(s) from MSDN