Installing with NuGet

NuGet is a popular .NET package manager.

Progress maintains the Telerik NuGet Feed for registered users and all Kendo UI for jQuery official releases and service packs are published there as well.

The legacy https://nuget.telerik.com/nuget server is now deprecated. Make sure to switch to the new https://nuget.telerik.com/v3/index.json server, which is faster, lighter, and reduces the number of requests from your NuGet client.

As of R3 2023 the Kendo UI bundles do not include the jQuery library in their js directories and you can download jQuery using NuGet package manager or use other source for the jQuery library.

1. Choose the Required Package

The Telerik NuGet Feed provides the following Kendo UI for jQuery packages:

• KendoUIProfessional—The commercial Kendo UI for jQuery version.
• KendoUIProfessional.Trial—The trial Kendo UI for jQuery version.
• KendoUICore—The open-source Kendo UI distribution which contains only the open-sourced components.

2. Register the Feed on Your System

To add the Telerik NuGet feed as a package source on your machine and access the packages, use either of the following approaches:

• Use the NuGet CLI.
• Use the UI provided from Visual Studio for configuring authenticated NuGet feeds.

The following video summarizes the steps for adding the Telerik NuGet feed to your NuGet sources.

Add the Feed with the NuGet CLI

To register the Telerik NuGet Feed on your system by using the NuGet CLI:

1. Download the latest NuGet executable.
2. Open a command prompt and change the path to where the nuget.exe is downloaded.

3. The command from the following example stores a token in the %AppData%\NuGet\NuGet.config file. Your original credentials cannot be obtained from this token.

       NuGet Sources Add -Name "telerik.com" -Source "https://nuget.telerik.com/v3/index.json" -UserName "your login email" -Password "your password"
   

   If you are unable to connect to the feed by using encrypted credentials, try the alternative approach of storing credentials in clear text.

       NuGet Sources Add -Name "telerik.com" -Source "https://nuget.telerik.com/v3/index.json" -UserName "your login email" -Password "your password" -StorePasswordInClearText
   

   If you have already stored a token instead of storing the credentials as clear text, you can update the definition in the %AppData%\NuGet\NuGet.config file by using the following command:

       NuGet Sources Update -Name "telerik.com" -Source "https://nuget.telerik.com/v3/index.json" -UserName "your login email" -Password "your password" -StorePasswordInClearText
   

Add the Feed with the NuGet Package Manager

To register the Telerik NuGet Feed on your system by using the NuGet package manager:

1. Open Visual Studio.
2. Go to Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Settings, select Package Manager Sources and then click the + button.

3. Select the feed Name, set the feed URL to https://nuget.telerik.com/v3/index.json, and click OK.

   

4. Select the Browse list of packages.

5. Enter your Telerik credentials in the Windows Authentication dialog. As a result, all of the packages that are licensed to the user account are now available in Visual Studio Package Manager.

3. Install the Packages

After setting up the Telerik NuGet Feed package source on your computer, install the Kendo UI for jQuery packages by using either of the following utilities:

• The Package Manager Dialog
• The Package Manager Console

Regardless of the package installation approach you choose, after the installation, the content scripts and stylesheets will be copied to your application as follows:

• /Scripts/kendo/<version>/—Contains the minified JavaScript files.
• /Content/kendo/<version>/—Contains the minified CSS files and theme images.

The installation approach with the NuGet works only with .NET MVC projects that have the Content and Scripts folders. In a .NET Core(and newer) projects, the resources(scripts and styles) must be copied manually in the wwwroot folder.

Install with the Package Manager Dialog

To install the Kendo UI for jQuery packages by using the Package Manager dialog:

1. Right-click Solution or a specific project in Solution, and navigate to Manage NuGet Packages.

   

2. Set the package source to telerik.com and install the KendoUIProfessional NuGet package.

   

Install with the Package Manager Console

To install the Kendo UI for jQuery packages by using the Package Manager console:

1. Open the project or solution in Visual Studio, and open the console by selecting Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console.

2. To install the package, substitute WebApplication with the name of your project from the following command and run it.

       Install-Package KendoUIProfessional -ProjectName WebApplication
   

Next Steps

• Create Your Own Custom Bundles
• Create Your Own Custom Components
• Initialize Components as jQuery Plugins
• Initialize Components with MVVM
• Component Script Dependencies

See Also

• Hosting Kendo UI for jQuery in Your Project
• Installing Kendo UI for jQuery with Bower
• Installing Kendo UI for jQuery by Using the CDN Services
• Installing Kendo UI for jQuery with NPM
• Getting Up and Running with Your Kendo UI for jQuery Project (Guide)
• Using Script License Code