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Using LibMan CLI

Justin Clareburt edited this page Jun 21, 2018 · 18 revisions

Getting Started with LibMan CLI

Get the LibMan global tool

> dotnet tool install -g libman

Install library files

> libman install jquery

Will prompt for default provider if there is no defaultProvider in libman.json.
Will prompt for destination if there is no defaultDestination in libman.json

> libman install [email protected]

Will install a specific version of the library.
Note: Syntax is [LibraryName]@[LibraryVersion] for all providers except File System.

> libman install twitter-bootstrap --destination wwwroot/lib/bootstrap

Will install to the specified destination folder

Restore

> libman restore

Uninstall

> libman uninstall jquery

Update

> libman update jquery

Will update to the latest version of the library.

> libman update jquery --to 2.2.0

Will update to a specific version of the library.

Clean

> libman clean

Will remove from your project all files that were restored.

Cache List

> libman cache list

Will print a list of all libraries that exist in the cache

> libman cache list --files

Will print a list of all libraries that exist in the cache, listing all files in the library cache.

Cache Clean

> libman cache clean

Will remove all files in the local machine's cache.

> libman cache clean --provider cdnjs

Will remove all files in the local machine's cache for the specified provider.