How to Download the Package Deployer using Power Platform Tools in Visual Studio Code?

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The Package Deployer is used to deploy packages from one environment to another environment.

In one of my earlier articles, I explained about downloading the Package Deployer using Power Shell.

This article will explain the other way of downloading the Package Deployer using Visual Studio Code and Power Platform Tools.

Pre-requisites

Follow the articles below and Install the Visual Studio Code and Power Platform Tools in VS Code.

  1. How to Install Visual Studio Code?
  2. How do you install Power Platform Tools in Visual Studio Code?

Follow the below steps after the Prerequisites.

Step 1. Open Visual Studio Code.

Visual Studio Code

Step 2. Press Ctrl + Shift + P to Show all the commands.

Commands

Step 3. Search for the Text “Show PAC Help” and Click on Power Platform CLI: Show PAC Help.

PAC help

The terminal will be opened with the pac help command to see the list of all pac syntax.

PAC Syntax

Step 4. Type the below command and click on Enter.

pac tool pd

Start

Package Deployer Tool is Installed successfully.

PAckage deployer tool installed

And it will be launched automatically.

Package deployer

Package Deployer is downloaded to the Local AppData folder.

You can check the same using the below link.

C:/Users/<User Name>/AppData/Local/Microsoft/PowerPlatform/PD/9.1.0.129/tools

Local AppData folder

I hope you have successfully downloaded the Package Deployer using the Visual Studio Code and Power Platform Tools.

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