包管理器控制台 - 更新特定项目

Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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