Netstandard.Library
A set of standard .NET APIs that are prescribed to be used and supported together. This includes all of the APIs in the NETStandard.Platform package plus additional libraries that are core to .NET but built on top of NETStandard.Platform. When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Install
dotnet add package Netstandard.Library --version 1.6.1
Install-Package Netstandard.Library -Version 1.6.1
<PackageReference Include="Netstandard.Library" Version="1.6.1" />
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