Orchard/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Packaging/Services/PackageExpander.cs

using System;
using System.IO;
using NuGet;
using Orchard.Environment.Extensions;
using Orchard.Localization;
using Orchard.UI.Notify;
using NuGetPackageManager = NuGet.PackageManager;

namespace Orchard.Packaging.Services {
    [OrchardFeature("PackagingServices")]
    public class PackageExpander : IPackageExpander {
        private readonly INotifier _notifier;

        public PackageExpander(INotifier notifier) {
            _notifier = notifier;
            T = NullLocalizer.Instance;
        }

        public Localizer T { get; set; }

        public PackageInfo ExpandPackage(string packageId, string version, string location, string solutionFolder) {

            var packagesPath = Path.Combine(solutionFolder, "packages"); // where to download/uncompress packages
            var projectPath = Path.Combine(solutionFolder, "Orchard.Web"); // where to install packages (in the project's folder)
            var logger = new NugetLogger(_notifier);

            // instantiates the appropriate package repository
            var packageRepository = PackageRepositoryFactory.Default.CreateRepository(new PackageSource("Default", location));

            // gets an IPackage instance from the repository
            var packageVersion = String.IsNullOrEmpty(version) ? null : new Version(version);
            var package = packageRepository.FindPackage(packageId, packageVersion);

            if ( package == null ) {
                throw new ArgumentException(T("The specified package could not be found, id:{0} version:{1}", packageId, String.IsNullOrEmpty(version) ? T("No version").Text : version).Text);
            }

            var packageManager = new NuGetPackageManager(
                    packageRepository,
                    new DefaultPackagePathResolver(location),
                    new PhysicalFileSystem(packagesPath) { Logger = logger }
                ) {Logger = logger};

            // specifically tells to ignore dependencies
            packageManager.InstallPackage(package, ignoreDependencies: true);

            var projectManager = new ProjectManager(
                new LocalPackageRepository(packagesPath), // source repository for the package to install
                new DefaultPackagePathResolver(location),
                new FileBasedProjectSystem(projectPath) { Logger = logger } // the location of the project (where to copy the content files)
                ) {Logger = logger};

            // add the package to the project
            projectManager.AddPackageReference(packageId, packageVersion);

            return new PackageInfo {
                ExtensionName = package.Title ?? package.Id,
                ExtensionVersion = package.Version.ToString(),
                ExtensionType = String.Empty, // todo: assign value
                ExtensionPath = projectPath
            };
        }

    }
}