Constantly reinstall packages dependencies on projects after publishing

[Nitesh (Nitesh Kumar)]

Hello All,

I am facing below issues while downloading nugget package from orchestrator:

Any help would be appreciated.

Steps are:

1. Downloading nugget package from orchestrator.
2. Changing filename to .zip.
3. After Extract All → Open Main.xaml file
4. Packages missing from Manage Package → Unable to open the activities.

And if I do not Extract All → Open Main.xaml file → All packages are available but unable to open workflow without extract all.

BR,
NK

[sonaliaggarwal47 (Sonali Aggarwal)]

Hi @Nitesh,

Can you try extracting .nupkg by just right clicking and extracting with 7z or Unzip feature?

Regards
Sonali

[Nitesh (Nitesh Kumar)]

Hi @sonaliaggarwal47 ,

I tried the below steps and it did not work:
-From nugget pkg → Rt click → Compress To → 7z → Rt click → Extract All
Its redirecting me back to nugget package.

Kind Note: Studio Version is 2024.10.1

BR,
NK

[sonaliaggarwal47 (Sonali Aggarwal)]

Hi @Nitesh,

Please do like shown below, if open 7-Zip doesn’t appear right away after RT click, then click on Show more options in that right menu(it will be at the bottom of that right menu). Then 7-Zip option like shown below will appear. from there, you can do either of the extract options though Extract To is preferrable as it will extract in the same folder name as your package.

Regards
Sonali

[Nitesh (Nitesh Kumar)]

Hi @sonaliaggarwal47 ,

I tried the above steps, and it didn’t work with 7z. (still the activities are missing).

However, the issue was with the runtime dependencies. (Thanks to UiPath support team)

Once we set “Separate Runtime Dependencies” as “No” → Publish it and then download it from Orchestrator, it worked for me.

Thanks for your reply.

BR,
NK

[mkankatala (Mahesh Kankatala)]

HI @Nitesh

The issue isn’t with extracting the ZIP file.

When a project is published to Orchestrator, all the installed dependencies in the project are converted to runtime dependencies. So, when you download the NuGet package and extract the ZIP, you’ll see runtime dependencies instead of the regular ones. To view all the activities, you’ll need to reinstall the standard dependencies.

Why are dependencies converted to runtime packages after publishing?
This is designed by UiPath to save storage space by reducing the size of dependencies in the package.

How can you retain the same dependencies without converting them to runtime?

• Open the Project Panel in UiPath Studio.
• Go to Project Settings.
• Set the Separate Runtime Dependencies option to No.

By disabling this option, the published project will retain the original dependencies. When you download the NuGet package, the same activities will be displayed, and the design-time dependencies will remain intact.

Check the below image for better understanding,

Hope it helps!!