.net – Updating nuget packages in all projects in a solution

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I have a .net solution (say A) with multiple projects(say B,C,D). I want to update all nuget packages for all projects in the solution. I know I can update nuget packages using command line but passing in the path to packages.config

nuget update A/B/packages.config

Is there a way to update packages for all packages.configs inside folder A using command line without having to specify them individually? (I know this can be done from inside visual studio.)
Something like

nuget update A/*/packages.config

Best Answer

As found in NuGet documentation, you can type:

Update-Package

This will :

Update all packages in all projects of the current solution to the latest versions.

To open the Package Manager Console:

Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console

Now, in order to have only one instance of all packages, I have, in my solution folder, a file named nuget.config that contains:

<configuration>
  <config>
    <add key="repositoryPath" value="..\Path\To\My\Packages" />
  </config>
</configuration>

You might need to reload your solution in order to make it work properly.

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.net – Is it possible to change the location of packages for NuGet

It's now possible to control which folder the packages are installed into.

http://nuget.codeplex.com/workitem/215

Edit: See Phil Haack's comment on Dec 10 2010 at 11:45 PM (in the work item/the link above). The support is partially implemented in 1.0, but is not documented.

According to @dfowler: Add a nuget.config file next to the solution with this:

<settings>
<repositoryPath>{some path here}</repositoryPath>
</settings>

There is a nuget package for creating the package folder override.

Update for version 2.1

As Azat commented, there is now official documentation on how to control the package locations. The release notes for 2.1 specifies the following configuration in a nuget.config file (see the release notes for a description of valid places to put the config files and how the hierarchical configuration model works):

<configuration>
  <config>
    <add key="repositoryPath" value="C:\thePathToMyPackagesFolder" />
  </config>
  ... 
</configuration>

This would change the packages folder for the configuration level you put the file in (solution if you put it in the solution directory, project in project directory and so on). Note that the release notes state:

[...] if you have an existing packages folder underneath your solution root, you will need to delete it before NuGet will place packages in the new location.

.net – NuGet for solutions with multiple projects

For anybody stumbling across this, now there is the following option :

Right-click your solution > Manage NuGet Packages for Solution...

... Or:

Tools > Library Package Manager > Manage NuGet Packages for Solution...

And if you go to the Installed packages area you can 'Manage' a single package across every project in the solution.

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