Last week I had a situation where I wanted to replace a NuGet package. The problem was that the NuGet Package version was not updated but the content was changed (I know, not a good idea). So what I wanted is that the system remove the existing package and reinstall it from the NuGet repository.
First thing I tried was the following command:
Update-Package –reinstall <package name>
The command succeeded but when I checked the content of the NuGet Package it contained still the old content.
Afterwards I tried a different approach:
- I deleted the reference from my project
- Edited the packages.config to remove the reference to the NuGet package
- Removed the NuGet package from the file system
After removing everything manually, I did a new install:
Install-Package <package name>
But again, no luck. When I checked the content of the NuGet Package the old content was still there…
In the end I was able to solve the issue by clearing the package cache:
- In Visual Studio, go to Tools –> NuGet Package Manager –> Package Manager Settings
- On the General tab, click on the Clear Package Cache button
- Afterwards the ‘Update-Package –reinstall’ worked as expected
