dotnet where - a .NET global tool to show information about where a NuGet package is installed.
Fork of dotnet why but with advanced features.

Installation

Download and install the .NET 6/8 SDK.

Once installed, run the following command:

> dotnet tool install -g DotNetWhere

Example

> dotnet where -p Newtonsoft.Json
DotNetWhere.Core
  net6.0
    NuGet.ProjectModel: 6.8.0
      NuGet.DependencyResolver.Core: 6.8.0
        NuGet.Protocol: 6.8.0
          NuGet.Packaging: 6.8.0
            Newtonsoft.Json: 13.0.3
  net8.0
    NuGet.ProjectModel: 6.8.0
      NuGet.DependencyResolver.Core: 6.8.0
        NuGet.Protocol: 6.8.0
          NuGet.Packaging: 6.8.0
            Newtonsoft.Json: 13.0.3

> dotnet where -d E:\dev\DotNetWhere -p System.* -V /^(?!.*6\.0\.0).*
DotNetWhere.Application
  net6.0
    Spectre.Console.Cli: 0.48.0
      Spectre.Console: 0.48.0
        System.Memory: 4.5.5
DotNetWhere.Core
  net6.0
    NuGet.ProjectModel: 6.8.0
      NuGet.DependencyResolver.Core: 6.8.0
        NuGet.Configuration: 6.8.0
          System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData: 4.4.0
        NuGet.Protocol: 6.8.0
          NuGet.Packaging: 6.8.0
            NuGet.Configuration: 6.8.0
              System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData: 4.4.0
            System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs: 6.0.4

Usage

All query arguments are optional:

> dotnet where --help
USAGE:
List all packages in solution in current directory with compact format:
  DotNetWhere --format Compact
List packages in target net8.0 that name matches System.* and version is not
6.0.0 :
  DotNetWhere -p System.* -t net8.0 -V !6.0.0

  -d, --dir                Solution directory. When not passed: current
                           directory.

  -p, --package            The NuGet package name. ***

  -V, --package-version    The NuGet package version. ***

  -t, --dotnet-target      .Net target version. ***

  -f, --format             Output format. Default: Color. Valid values: Color,
                           Compact, Yaml, Json

  -o, --output             Output file.

  --help                   Display this help screen.

  --version                Display version information.


*     When not passed: any.
**    Can be mask or regex.
***   search expression can start from `!` or `/`.
        `!` is for `not`.
            Everything afer it will be considered as a `not match` expression.
            The app looks for everything that does not match expression after
            `!`.
        `/` is for `regular expression`.
            The app looks for everything that match regular expression after
            `/`.