How to add Bootstrap in vs 2022?

Install Bootstrap’s source Sass and JavaScript files via npm, RubyGems, Composer, or Meteor. Package managed installs don’t include documentation or our full build scripts. You can also use our npm template repo to quickly generate a Bootstrap project via npm.

npm install [email protected]

gem install bootstrap -v 5.3.0-alpha1

Read our installation docs for more info and additional package managers.

Include via CDN

When you only need to include Bootstrap’s compiled CSS or JS, you can use jsDelivr. See it in action with our simple , or browse the examples to jumpstart your next project. You can also choose to include Popper and our JS .

Download ready-to-use compiled code for Bootstrap v5.0.2 to easily drop into your project, which includes:

This doesn’t include documentation, source files, or any optional JavaScript dependencies like Popper.

Download

Source files

Compile Bootstrap with your own asset pipeline by downloading our source Sass, JavaScript, and documentation files. This option requires some additional tooling:

Should you require our full set of , they are included for developing Bootstrap and its docs, but they’re likely unsuitable for your own purposes.

Download source

Examples

If you want to download and examine our examples, you can grab the already built examples:

Download Examples

CDN via jsDelivr

Skip the download with jsDelivr to deliver cached version of Bootstrap’s compiled CSS and JS to your project.

If you’re using our compiled JavaScript and prefer to include Popper separately, add Popper before our JS, via a CDN preferably.

Package managers

Pull in Bootstrap’s source files into nearly any project with some of the most popular package managers. No matter the package manager, Bootstrap will require a and Autoprefixer for a setup that matches our official compiled versions.

npm

Install Bootstrap in your Node.js powered apps with the npm package:

const bootstrap = require('bootstrap') or import bootstrap from 'bootstrap' will load all of Bootstrap’s plugins onto a bootstrap object. The bootstrap module itself exports all of our plugins. You can manually load Bootstrap’s plugins individually by loading the /js/dist/*.js files under the package’s top-level directory.

Bootstrap’s

• 1 - path to Bootstrap’s main Sass source file

• 2 - path to Bootstrap’s non-minified CSS that’s been precompiled using the default settings (no customization)

Get started with Bootstrap via npm with our starter project! Head to the twbs/bootstrap-npm-starter template repository to see how to build and customize Bootstrap in your own npm project. Includes Sass compiler, Autoprefixer, Stylelint, PurgeCSS, and Bootstrap Icons.

yarn

Install Bootstrap in your Node.js powered apps with the yarn package:

RubyGems

Install Bootstrap in your Ruby apps using Bundler (recommended) and RubyGems by adding the following line to your

Alternatively, if you’re not using Bundler, you can install the gem by running this command:

gem install bootstrap -v 5.0.2

See the gem’s README for further details.

Composer

You can also install and manage Bootstrap’s Sass and JavaScript using Composer:

composer require twbs/bootstrap:5.0.2

NuGet

If you develop in .NET, you can also install and manage Bootstrap’s CSS or Sass and JavaScript using NuGet:

1. Different Tools to Install Client-Side Packages in ASP.NET Core.
2. What is Library Manager or Libman in ASP.NET Core?
3. How to Check and Upgrade the Version in Visual Studio?
4. How to Install Bootstrap in ASP.NET Core Using Library Manager?
5. What is libman.json file in ASP.NET Core?
6. How to Clean and Restore Client-Side Libraries using Libman in ASP.NET Core?
7. How to uninstall or update a Client-Side Library using libman.json file?

Different Tools to Install Client-Side Packages in ASP.NET Core:

There are many tools available that you can use to install client-side packages such as JQuery and Bootstrap using Visual Studio. Some of the popular tools are as follows/;

1. Bower
2. NPM
3. WebPack, etc.

But here in this article, I am not going to use any of the above tools instead we are going to use Library Manager which is known as Libman to install the client-side packages. In our upcoming article, I will show you how to use Bower, NPM, and WrebPack to install the client-side packages.

What is Library Manager or Libman in ASP.NET Core?

The Library Manager or LinMan is one of the most popular light-weight, client-side library acquisition tool. This tool is basically used to download the client-side libraries and frameworks such as Bootstrap and JQuery from a file system or from a CDN (Content Delivery Network). In order to use Library Manager, you should have Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 or later.

How to Check and Upgrade the Version in Visual Studio?

In order to check the Visual Studio Version, you need to follow the below steps.

Click on the “Help” menu and then select “About Microsoft Visual Studio” option from the context menu. This will open the “About Microsoft Visual Studio” window which shows the version number of Visual Studio as shown in the below image. On my machine, I have installed 15.9.5.

If you have installed an older version of Visual Studio 2017, then you can easily update it. In order to update the version of visual studio, you need to follow the below steps.

Click on the “Help” menu and then select the “Check for Updates” option from the context menu. The window appears will display the current version as well as the latest version available of visual studio. Then you need to click on the “Update” button as shown in the below image which will update your visual studio 2017 to its latest version.

How to Install Bootstrap in ASP.NET Core Using Library Manager?

You need to follow the below steps to install Bootstrap in ASP.NET Core MVC Application using the Library Manager (Libman).

1. Right-click on the “Project Name” in the Solution Explorer and then select “Add > Client-Side Library” which will open “Add Client-Side Library” window.
2. Leave the default provider as it is which “cdnjs” is in this case. The other providers are filesystem and unpkg.
3. In the “Library” text box, just type “twitter-bootstrap“. You can also get intelligence support once you start typing. Once you select the matching entry, then it tries to install the latest version of bootstrap. However, if you want then you can also type the version manually you want. Here, we are installing the latest version of Bootstrap i.e. (“[email protected]”).
4. There are two radio buttons to select whether you to include “All library files” or “Choose Specific files“. If you select “All library files” radio button then all the files are going to be downloaded. On the other hand, if you select “Choose Specific files” radio button then you need to check the selected checkboxes as per your requirement. Here I am selecting the “All library files” radio button.
5. In the “Target Location” text box specify the folder location where you want the library files to be installed. By default, the static files are only served from the wwwroot folder. Here, I am going with the default location i.e. “wwwroot/lib/twitter-bootstrap/”.
6. Finally, click on the “Install” button as shown in the image below.

Once it successfully installed, then you will find two things. One is libman.json file and the second one the required bootstrap files. Please have a look at the following image.

What is libman.json file in ASP.NET Core?

The libman.json file is the Library Manager manifest file. You will find the following code in the libman.json file.

As you can see in the above image, we have an entry for the Bootstrap library that we just installed using the Libman. It is also possible to install the client-side libraries like bootstrap and JQuery by editing the above manifest file.

How to clean Client-Side Libraries using Libman in ASP.NET Core?

If you want to clean the library files which are created by using the Library Manager, then you just need to right-click on the libman.json file and then select the “Clean Client-Side Libraries” option from the context menu. Once you click on the “Clean Client-Side Libraries” option then it will delete all the library files from the respective destination folder. The point that you need to keep in mind is, it will only delete the files from the folder but not in the libman.json file.

How to Restore Client-Side Libraries using Libman in ASP.NET Core?

If you want to restore the deleted files, then you just need to right-click on libman.json file and then select the “Restore Client-Side Libraries” option from the context menu. This will again download and installed the required library files into the specified destination folder.

How to uninstall or update a Client-Side Library using libman.json file?

If you want to uninstall or update a client-side library using libman.json file, then you need to follow the below steps.

1. Open the libman.json file 
2. Click on the client-side library which you want to uninstall or update
3. A light bulb icon will appear at the left side
4. Click on the light bulb icon and then you will see the options whether to update or uninstall that specific client-side library as shown in the below image.

Another approach to uninstall a client-side library is to remove the entry in the libman.json file and upon saving the file the respective client-side libraries are uninstalled from the respective folder location.

Another approach to upgrade or downgrade a client-side library is to change the version number directly in libman.json file and upon saving the file the respective client-side library will be updated to the version you modified.

Note: While updating the version number, you will also get the visual studio intelligence as shown in the below image.

In the next article, I am going to discuss how to use Bootstrap in ASP.NET Core MVC Application. Here, in this article, I try to explain How to Install Bootstrap in ASP.NET Core MVC Application.

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