Installing Entity Framework

The Entity Framework package should be installed as part of the NuGet package, and can be done in the following ways:

1. Go to the Package Manager Console (Tools | NuGet Package Manager | Package Manager Console), select the project where the package should be installed:

Add the following command in the PM Console to install the package on the selected project:

 Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer

The Package Manager Console will be opened as shown in the following screenshot, Kindly use this space to install the package using the preceding command:

PM console

1. Go to the Package Management tab (either from Tools or from Dependencies/Project).
   • For a solution-wide installation, and availability for all projects that are part of the solution, go to Tools | NuGet Package Manager | Manage NuGet Packages for Solution... or right-click on the solution from Solution Explorer and select Manage NuGet Packages for Solution...
     
   • For project wise installation, right-click on dependencies from the desired project or right-click on the desired project and select Manage NuGet Packages...
     

1. Search for Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer, select the stable version 2.0.0 and install the package. It contains all the dependent packages as well (key dependencies such as System.Data.SqlClient and Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational):

NuGet package manager window

We have looked at different ways of using the Package Manager console so far, and installed packages related to EF Core. In the next section, we will start building the schema and later consume the created entities using EF.