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title: "Building .NET While Offline Using the Local NuGet Cache"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-net-while-offline-using-the-local-nuget-cache-2xwjyeeky
source_url: https://nodogmablog.bryanhogan.net/2024/11/building-net-while-offline-using-the-local-nuget-cache
type: article
source: "No Dogma Blog (Bryan Hogan)"
published: 2026-05-31T07:46:25.606Z
updated: 2026-05-31T09:04:20.896Z
tags: [".net", "c#", "nuget"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Building .NET While Offline Using the Local NuGet Cache

**[No Dogma Blog \(Bryan Hogan\)](https://daily.dev/sources/bryanhogan)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

When building .NET applications offline, the dotnet restore and build commands don't automatically use locally cached NuGet packages. The workaround involves three steps: locating the local NuGet cache with `dotnet nuget locals all --list`, adding the global-packages directory as a NuGet source with `dotnet nuget add source`, and specifying an explicit package version when running `dotnet add package`. This allows developers to build .NET apps without an internet connection using previously downloaded packages.

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