Can't install packages with NuGet - 500 internal server error

Question

This makes no sense to me. NuGet was working fine before but now it is throwing a server error when I try to install packages. I\'ve uninstall and reinstall NuGet with the l

Answer 1

Had a similar issue on a fresh Visual Studio 2017 Community. Closing the task (ending hanging task) and restarting Visual Studio with ADMIN rights solved the issue.

Answer 2

Happened to me too.

Try this:

1. Run VS in admin mode.
2. Uninstall NuGet from Tools->Extension Manager (Extensions and Updates in VS 2015)
3. Delete everything in short %AppData%\NuGet or full-named C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Roaming\NuGet
4. Reinstall NuGet

Answer 3

Retry, it works now over here.

Answer 4

From NuGetTeam (@nuget) on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/nuget

We are investigating an issue on the NuGet Gallery servers. We will provide an update shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Answer 5

Visual Studio has this error sometimes. Try restarting your visual studio (I have 2019). If it still doesn't fix, repair your VS installation. This is certainly for future viewers as I also had this problem and fixed by restarting VS