IT:AD:NuGet:HowTo:Update Packages in the Solution

Use the powershell commands to do the updates:

Update all packages in solutiuons

Update-Package

Update a single package

Update-Package Elmah

Update a single project

Update-Package -Project MyProject

Update a single project, with version.

install-package Nab.wdms.PM.M01.Infrastructure.Data.Seeding XAct.Data.Db.EF -Version 0.0.650

Watch out: it might be versioned...but it refers to is not...so XAct.Core (higher version) might get called in...

According to: http://blog.davidebbo.com/2011/05/thoughts-on-installing-and-updating.html what happens is more than just a copy/update of the project files.

• Add references to assemblies contained in the package
• Add references to framework assemblies in the GAC
• Add content files to an app (e.g. JavaScript files, code files, …)
• Add assembly binding redirects to deal with version incompatibilities
• Perform config transformations, typically to add settings related to the package
• Bring in tools that can then be run from Package Manager Console
• Run PowerShell scripts which can do arbitrary things by automating the DTE object model

It explains why the Package Manager Console has a $dte reference -- it would be very hard to do the above from outside Visual Studio.

Warning:markdown munge:

###########################################################
#
# Script to upgrade all NuGet packages in solution to last version
#
# USAGE
# Place this file (Upgrade-Package.ps1) to your solution folder. 
# From Package Manager Console execute
#
# .\Upgrade-Package.ps1 -PackageID:Castle.Core
#
# Do not hestitate to contact me at any time
# mike@chaliy.name, http://twitter.com/chaliy
#
# Update to NuGet 1.1 is done by JasonGrundy, see comments bellow
#
##########################################################

param($PackageID)

$packageManager = $host.PrivateData.packageManagerFactory.CreatePackageManager()

foreach ($project in Get-Project -all) {
$fileSystem = New-Object NuGet.PhysicalFileSystem($project.Properties.Item("FullPath").Value)   
$repo = New-Object NuGet.PackageReferenceRepository($fileSystem, $packageManager.LocalRepository)

foreach ($package in $repo.GetPackages() | ? {$_.Id -eq $PackageID}) {
  Update-Package $package.Id -Project:$project.Name 
}
}

* https://gist.github.com/747529 * http://blog.davidebbo.com/2011/05/thoughts-on-installing-and-updating.html