Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design 2.0.0-preview2-final

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This package has been deprecated as part of the .NET Package Deprecation effort. You can learn more about it from https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/217

This is a prerelease version of Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design --version 2.0.0-preview2-final
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design -Version 2.0.0-preview2-final
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="2.0.0-preview2-final" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="2.0.0-preview2-final" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design --version 2.0.0-preview2-final
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design, 2.0.0-preview2-final"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design@2.0.0-preview2-final
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design&version=2.0.0-preview2-final&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design&version=2.0.0-preview2-final&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Shared design-time components for Entity Framework Core tools.

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2.2.0-preview2-35157 109,237 9/12/2018
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