How to install Entity Framework core in 2026

In this article i am going to explain about installation of Entity Framework core on Visual Studio 2022, which is a modern, lightweight,cross platform, open-source Object–Relational Mapper (ORM) for .NET. It lets you work with a database using C# objects instead of writing rawSQL.
Step 1:- Open Visual Studio 2022
Step 2:- Create New Project
Step 3:- You can create any type of application like Console application,Asp.net Core Web app, ASP.NET Core WEBAPI etc.
Step 4:- Click on console application and click next
Step 5:- Enter projectname as "EFCoreConsoleAPP" and location and click next
Step 6:- Here application type is "Console Application" and Database is "SQL Server"
Step 7: To add Entity Framework Core , we should install NUGET packages for specific database provider
NUGET PACKAGES

• Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
• Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools

Step 8: You can install this package in Two Ways. One is Go to Tools menu click Nuget package manager and click "Package Manage Console"
and give following command.
Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer and hit enter
After installation, go to solution explorer, click packages,you will see microsoft.entityframeworkcore.sqlserver with version
Second one is to Right click project and click "Manage Nuget Packages", Here click on Browse and search for package like "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" and click Install button