error NU1101: Unable to find package (from GitHub Package)

[elendil-software]

Hi,

I need to restore NuGet package from my Github Package repository.

To do so, I added this step in my (reusable) workflow :

- name: Add GitHub NuGet Source
   run: |
     dotnet nuget add source --username $OWNER --password $GITHUB_TOKEN --store-password-in-clear-text --name github "https://nuget.pkg.github.com/$OWNER/index.json"
     dotnet nuget list source
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}

which seems to work as the log output :

Package source with Name: github added successfully.
Registered Sources:

1. nuget.org [Enabled]
   https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
2. github [Enabled]
   https://nuget.pkg.github.com/elendil-software/index.json

But when I call dotnet restore in the next step I get the error :

error NU1101: Unable to find package xxxxxxxxxx. No packages exist with this id in source(s): github, nuget.org

I checked that the package mentioned in the error exists and it is the case.

Additional information :

• workflow is in a private repository
• the GitHub Package source has the same Owner than the repository

Regards,

Julien

[bastiaanv]

Hi @elendil-software ,

This is probably because you are trying to fetch a NuGet package from another repository than the GitHub Actions is running. In the Github actions docs is noted that it is not possible to do this.

Try to generate a PAT and the workflow will work as expected

[elendil-software]

Solved.

Thanks 👍🏻