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Vlince
Vlince

Reputation: 6011

Package Manager Console - Update a specific project

Quick question regarding the Package Manager Console and the “Update Package” command.

I currently have a single solution hosting two MVC 4.0 projects (one of them is Set as Startup Project).

When I open the Package Manager Console, I choose the project I want to update from the Default project dropdown and then, I launch the “Update-Package” command.

To my surprise, the “Update-Package” command does not take into account the project I have selected inside the Default project dropdown but instead, it updates both my MVC 4.0 projects.

The workaround is to manually specify my project name inside the “Update-Package” command like so: Update-Package -ProjectName Kobo.Portal.Web

Out of curiosity, does anyone know why the Update-Package command does not take into account the selected/targeted project in the Default project dropdown?

Is this a known issue? Is this by design? What’s the purpose of having to choose a Default project if the Package Manager Console won’t take it into account?

Perhaps my understanding of the Package Manager Console is wrong :-(

Thanks in advance for anyone shedding some light on this.

Sincerely Vince

Upvotes: 20

Views: 14451

Answers (2)

Iman
Iman

Reputation: 18946

to update all existing Nuget packages in 1 project inside your solution. note that in Package Manager Console autocomplete works for commands and project name and packages 

Update-Package -ProjectName Project1 -Reinstall

Upvotes: 2

Filip De Vos
Filip De Vos

Reputation: 11908

To update a specific project you can specify 

Update-Package -ProjectName <yourproject>

To get detailed help on the commands in the Package Management console you can type 

get-help update-package -detailed

Upvotes: 23

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